Comment 66528

By Fred Street (anonymous) | Posted July 19, 2011 at 16:34:15

"...when I wanted a return passenger service to the James Street North station, the mayor was against it, of the day, the planning department were against it, of the day... And, to be fair, the Minister of Transport was against it."

I don't know about the radical reform that has come to the city's planning department, but two of those hurdles seem overstated to say the least. The mayor is one vote (proven by the last mayor was regularly shanghai'd by council). Then-Minister of Transportation Jim Bradley GO Transit expansion to Niagara region a year after the James North station was put back into play in the spring of 2008; Bradley left that post in a 2010 shuffle but has continued to press for all-day GO Train service, which would naturally pass through Hamilton:

“There’s nothing I like hearing better than ‘permanent,’” said Bradley, because he said that creates the possibility of building on the weekend and holiday service with perhaps a daily commuter train service between Niagara and the GTA in the future.

http://bulletnewsniagara.ca/2011/04/16/report-on-daily-go-trains-to-niagara-due-next-month

Do these seem like paper tigers to anyone else?

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