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| Candidate | Brief Response | Full Response |
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| Allen, Jason |
Yes |
Yes. A Mid-pen highway is going in the exact opposite direction of where we should be. We need to further encourage Hamilton as a connecting point for the shipment of goods from the U.S. to the Golden Horseshoe by strengthening the Port Authority (they are in desperate need of more land) and improving rail access to and through Hamilton (as well as demanding full reporting on freight manifests, to ensure Hamilton is safe from what is being transported through our city). We also need to encourage greater transit use (e.g. GO Service to the Niagara Region) to move people. A new highway should be at the bottom of the list of our priorities. |
| Greco, Tony |
Yes |
Yes. Cutting a large swath, through the countryside, would not be of great benefit to Hamilton or to the Niagara area. Continued improvement of the existing QEW would probably be a cost effective and more viable alternative. The mid-peninsula highway, apart from being very expensive to build and maintain, would result in a much longer driving distance than what is now required on the QEW.
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| Johnson, Aidan |
Yes |
I believe that creating a highway through vibrant Ontario farmland would have little if any benefit to Hamilton, and would not address transit issues as the bottleneck does not begin until well-past the point at which this proposed highway connects with the 407. I prefer a mass transit solution to highways through beautiful green space.
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| Rosen, Ira |
Yes |
Yes, however I believe it is an absolute must that the province look at better ways of moving traffic around are area, transportation costs are only going to increase and we need to find better ways to move goods to assist in lowering those costs.
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| Shaw, Sandy |
Yes |
Yes. But beyond that I do not feel this is a project that we should even be pursuing. |
