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Thursday, January 19th, 2012December 2011 Residential Sales Graph
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Revised LRT Train Route in Waterloo
Thursday, November 10th, 2011Waterloo Regional Councillors have revised the route for LRT transit in downtown Waterloo with a 11-0 vote on Tuesday Nov. 8th, 2011 according to Jeff Outhit from The Record. The new route will maintain Northbound trains on King St and Southbound trains on Caroline St, but switches trains to the west side of Caroline. Moreover, the route will relocate Northbound trains to the spur line beside Waterloo Town Square rather than using Erb Street and adds stations in both directions at Allen and King Streets. The other Southbound station will be in front of the Seagrams Lofts on Caroline. One Northbound station will be next to Allen Square and the other closer to Waterloo Town Square and other Waterloo Condos and Lofts. There will be a Southbound station at King and Allen and both trains will go past the Bauer lofts and Red Condominiums. Trains are expected to make tracks in 2017 between Conestoga Mall in Waterloo and Fairview Park Mall in Kitchener.
Here is the full story: http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/622229–politicians-revise-waterloo-train-route
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3 Local Universities are in Maclean’s Top 15 Comprehensive School Rankings
Thursday, October 27th, 2011Congratulations goes out to 3 local area Universities for being in Maclean’s Top 15 Comprehensive Universities in Canada! 1) Simon Fraser, 2) Victoria, 3) WATERLOO, 4) GUELPH, 5) Memorial, 6) New Brunswick, 7) Carleton, 
Windsor, 9) York, 10) Regina, 11) WILFRID LAURIER 12) Concordia, 13) UQAM, 13) Ryerson, 15) Brock. It was WLU’s first time to crack the top 15 which is surprising considering the strong Business and Entrepreneurship programs there.
Comprehensive universities have significant research programs and a wide variety of Undergraduate Degrees, Graduate Degrees and Professional Degree programs. Here is the link for the story:
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2011/10/26/macleans-2011-university-rankings-2/
Lawn Watering Restrictions
Thursday, July 21st, 2011There was a really good article in the Record today about watering restrictions in the Region of Waterloo. If your home address number ends with 0-1 then water on Monday, 2-3 water on Tuesday, 4-5 water on Wednesday, 6-7 water on Thursday, 8-9 water on Friday. My home address ends with 7 so I can water with a hose on Thursday in the early morning or at night. Here is the full article in today’s Record.
Support for Light-Rail Transit
Sunday, April 10th, 2011In The Record on April 8th, it was reported that Light Rail transit was supported by 66% of people who attended recent information sessions and completed a questionnaire by the Region of Waterloo. 705 out of 1000 visitors to the info session took part in completing the questionnaires and it was concluded that: 78% want rapid transit. 66% of them want light rail and 12% want bus rapid transit and 10% want the status quo. 66% of the respondents would like to see Rapid Trains from Conestoga Mall to Fairview Park Mall.
Jeff Nesbitt from Agfa, said that one of the reasons why they located there new office in Waterloo’s Research and Tech Park was that it would be near the LRT line. Agfa employs 400 people in their Waterloo office.
Here is the full story:
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/514354–support-for-light-rail-trains-gets-boost
Another Reason Why KW needs Light Rail Transit!
Sunday, December 19th, 2010Here is an interesting article in the Record on Saturday Dec. 18th, 2010. The Regional council approved a $44 million dollar subsidy or $200 per household to support the bus sytem.
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/303044–don-t-leave-us-behind-transit-passengers-say
Why KW needs Light Rapid Trains!
Saturday, November 20th, 2010There is an excellent article in the Record on October 27th, 2010 by Michael Druker, who supports the LRT.
http://news.therecord.com/article/798496,
There will be 200,ooo more people in KW by the year 2031 and they will need to get around the Region effectively. I agree with Michael because these people will need a system that will allow them to move around the Region quickly, efficiently and will less polution. Buses will just pollute more and jam up roads.
The naysayers are against the LRT because of the cost of implementing it. However, if you compare the cost of 500 km of roadways, sewers and curbs then it seems more practical. The cost of transportation is not going to decrease if the Region chooses buses over trains. As the region densifies it will become essential to have the LRT.
