Find Out Which Councillors Are Voting For or Against The Brampton LRT Main Street Route

July 8th, Brampton city council will vote on whether or not to approve an LRT that would run through downtown Brampton and up to Port Credit GO in Mississauga. We wrote a short fact sheet on 6 things you need to know about the LRT in case you’re confused about what this means for the city.

Whether or not you support the Brampton LRT, this plan has the potential to completely transform our city, and you might want a say with your councillor. We’ve compiled a list of all the city councillors in Brampton and asked them their opinion on the current LRT plan, so you won’t have to wonder.

Note : We will update these as we hear things or get responses from the councillors. Remember, these are not concrete and could be wrong.

Support LRT – Main street route Mayor Linda Jeffrey Position on the LRT: Supports the plan. Martin Medeiros Wards 3 & 4 Click to find out more details about their position (54 More Words) Position on the LRT: Supports the plan “I think our approach is that this is just a short part of an overall plan in transportation,” Medeiros said in a public town hall. “Hurontario is not the end-all of our plan. And once we get into this phase, then we’ll start looking at the second phase.” Gurpreet Dhillon Wards 9 & 10 Click to find out more details about their position (59 More Words) Position on the LRT: Supports the plan In a town hall last week, Dhillon says that major cities like Bern and Paris have LRTs running through UNESCO heritage sites, so Brampton shouldn’t struggle with protecting its heritage sites. He also said that as an estimated 35 million people a year commute through the Hurontario corridor, this is the best option. Pat Fortini Wards 7 & 8 Position on the LRT: Supports the plan Gael Miles Wards 7 & 8 Position on the LRT: TBA Rumor: We hear that he’s on the fence, probably more on the supporting side. 100% supports based on our sources! Don’t support the main street LRT route Elaine Moore Wards 1 & 5 Click to find out more details about their position (142 More Words) Position on the LRT: Does not support this plan; believes Queen Street is better option. “I have been consistently opposed to a surface alignment in the downtown. It is an alignment that does not offer the same economic benefit as others that connect with Queen Street and the Peel Memorial Hospital site where 5,000 people are expected to work when the hospital is opened and operational, and tens of thousands more will visit for healthcare services,” Moore says. Other reasons from Moore: The proposed alignment has limited opportunity for investment, increased assessment and jobs by comparison to Queen Street.

Queen Street also holds the most potential for finding a large chunk of land that would be suitable for a health sciences focused university, which the Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Panel is currently undertaking.

Staff submitted an option to the Province and Metrolinx that Council never approved or endorsed. John Sprovieri Wards 9 & 10 Click to find out more details about their position (94 More Words) Position on the LRT: Does not support this plan; supports LRT going from east to west and believes all-day GO service is more important. “The downtown is already very congested,” Sprovieri says. “If the province really wanted to do something good for Brampton, they would make all-day GO train service happen. That would stem redevelopment.” Sprovieri continues: “We’ve built an expansion in city hall, we’ve given money to the shops [in downtown] to improve their appearance, and running an LRT through the middle of the downtown will discourage people from coming because it’s not pedestrian friendly.” Grant Gibson Wards 1 & 5 Click to find out more details about their position (56 More Words) “I support the LRT but I want to know first what the costs to the city will be. We have not been told. Also, I want other options considered by Metrolinx,” says Gibson. “I find it interesting that they set a budget without considering Brampton’s views. Mississauga set their route but Brampton was given no choice.” Jeff Bowman Wards 3 & 4 Position on the LRT: TBA Rumor: Against it but didn’t officially respond to us. Doug Whillans Wards 2 & 6 Click to find out more details about their position (57 More Words) Position on the LRT: Does not support it ” . . .I do not support the surface route north of Steeles through our Historic downtown. As the Vice Chair of our Economic Development Committee, I feel that there are better alignments that will support increased assessments, increased investments, job creations and economic growth in the City of Brampton.” Thanks for tip David Dennis!

Didn’t respond at all or on the fence about the main street LRT route

Michael Palleschi

Wards 2 & 6

Position on the LRT: No clear response

Doug Whillans

Wards 2 & 6

Position on the LRT: TBA

Rumor: We hear that he’s on the fence, but probably on the against side. He’s against as confirmed by our reader David Dennis. His stance has been added to the list above, check it out.

Gael Miles

Wards 7 & 8

Position on the LRT: TBA

Rumor: We hear that he’s on the fence, probably more on the supporting side.

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