JEFF OUTHIT ADVISES US OF LRT COSTS

Last Saturday's Waterloo Region Record carrys this story by Jeff Outhit "Rail transit comes at a high cost". Jeff advises us that the proposed rail transit is already crowding out other regional government priorities. The three examples he gives are 1) Roads are being allowed to decay 2) Welfare benefits have been effectively cut and 3) The region's funding plan for LRT has been upset via a $1 million decrease prior to the October 2014 election, in planned annual transit increases. According to Jeff "Politicians may assure you rail transit is affordable. Three budget decisions say otherwise.".