Stage 2 ION: Light Rail Transit from Kitchener to Cambridge Public Consultation Centre No. 2 - Summary Report Addendum Kitchener - February 23 2017 Preston - February 28 2017 Cambridge - March 1 2017 Appendix D – Comment Sheets and Email Submissions Appendix E – Online Survey Responses Public Consultation Centre No. 2 Summary Report Appendix D Comment Sheets and Email Submissions APPENDIX D – COMMENTS SHEETS AND EMAIL SUBMISSIONS Those who attended the PCC in person were given the opportunity to submit comments using a comment sheet, either at the venue or by mail. Comments were also able to be provided directly to the project team by email. The tables starting on the following page present the comments received up to the close of the comment period on March 17, 2017. The responses are organized as follows: Table D1: o What do you like about the Preliminary Preferred Route? (What are its strengths, advantages? What's good about it? What make a lot of sense or resonates most strongly?) o How can we make things better? (How can the Preliminary Preferred Route be improved, refined, strengthened?) Table D2: o What do you dislike about the Preliminary Preferred Route? (What are the weaknesses/disadvantages? Are there any areas that you feel are potentially problematic?) o How can your concerns or objections be addressed? (How can perceived weaknesses/disadvantages or flaws be mitigated, reduced or eliminated?) Table D3: Are there any additional study area conditions and constraints that the Project Team may have missed or should consider further? Table D4: Do you have any comments or questions about the study and/or the work completed to date? Information identifying individuals or specific addresses has been redacted as noted in square brackets, e.g. [ … ]. Best efforts have been made to replicate comments as written, however where comments were only partially legible, some interpretation was required. Besides minor corrections for spelling, no other editing has been done. The original of each submission has been retained by the Project Team on file. TABLE D1 Comment What do you like about the Preliminary How can we make things better? (How can No. Preferred Route? (What are its strengths, the Preliminary Preferred Route be advantages? What's good about it? What improved, refined, strengthened?) make a lot of sense or resonates most strongly?) 1 I like that it keeps the station in Preston. Add a stop at Eagle and Concession. Add a Going out Maple Grove was just a silly stop at Freeport Hospital. It would be nice if suggestion since there is hardly anything out S1 could happen, with a GO Station at there. Samuelson, but that a "nice" not a "must". 2 New location for Sports World stop is much Avoid the King and Sports World intersection, better. Maintain service for Preston. Avoid the possibly by using stop closer to existing Pinebush Hespeler intersection. Will provide a carpool lot and proceeding down Gateway good central corridor for GRT. Drive? 3 Like that it is as far to edge of Hidden Valley as Bike lines built from Fairway to Grand (where possible. trails join) would be helpful. Does River Road extension have plans for bike lines to safely transport riders to Fairview Park Mall area? If so, could portion of King between extension and Grand River be "bike laned" to provide continuous safe passage from trails to Fairview Park Mall? 4 Connecting to Preston is a very positive thing Mainly, the Beverly St. (S3) portion needs supporting an existing downtown as opposed significant clarification before comment can be to a low density proposes development. made on it. An additional stop should be Similarly, the route down King St. makes considered between Can-Amera and Avenue sense with the existing businesses along that Rd. route. 5 How long will it take to get to Cambridge and make connections? 7 Looks good, balances the concerns of my i.e. If we get approval for the alignment and environment, ridership, routing conflicts, funding could we see the extension built in existing property issues. stages i.e. tied in with other regional construction projects i.e. extension to sports world. 8 With some of the significant developments planner for West Galt (Conestoga College Campus, and the Gas Light District) would it not make sense to include a stop on the other side of the river? Or find a way to move the stop significantly closer to the people who are there. Allow the students to walk to the LRT stop rather than take a bus and have to transfer. 9 Ability to serve Freeport Hospital. Service to Use old ERR track right of way from Eagle / Preston. S2a and S3 to avoid Delta and use William St. area, post Knights of Columbus to old rail route into Ainslie Terminal area. junction with CN spur (from Guelph) near 401, Service along King St, in south end of then follow on line to Hwy 24 (avoiding Eagle - Kitchener. Pinebush - 24 intersection). After crossing Fountain St. and Speed River run LRT on unused land behind Chopin to area of King and Eagle. 10 Glad to see the route includes a stop in Hope for minimal impact on residential Preston properties TABLE D1 Comment What do you like about the Preliminary How can we make things better? (How can No. Preferred Route? (What are its strengths, the Preliminary Preferred Route be advantages? What's good about it? What improved, refined, strengthened?) make a lot of sense or resonates most strongly?) 11 It's the right route. Most logical. Most future More stations - Freeport - Eagle / Concession potential. St. 14 Elevated portion on Shantz Hill. Avoidance of Fairway and King. 15 Following Eagle instead of Maple Grove is a Adding regular shuttles from the smart centre good decision. There would only be ridership at a high frequency would help alleviate along Maple Grove during shift changes. The difficulties caused by the distance between the decision to bypass the Delta is good. Losing Eagle/Hespeler stop and the Smart Centre bus high school access is unfortunate, but worth it stop (and GO stop). to minimize traffic impact. 16 NOTHING - Going through the old part of Use buses and forget the whole thing. We had Preston street cars at one time and took away to use buses. Going backwards??? 17 If you live directly within the affected area there Find another route that does not impact the seems to be no positives, when there are other quiet residential homes. possible routes that do not affect the residential homes. 18 Moderately direct route redevelopment Add infill station at Freeport - employment and possibilities along Hespeler Rd. Much better recreation access. Make sure speed is location along King St E - with commercial, protected and designed for. Infill station near redevelopment potential. Has a good Preston River Rd. station. Allows for multimodal station with GO Transit at railway. 19 Do not like it at all passing thru Eagle Street Consider rerouting after crossing Speed River South. Too much impact on a very historical to built very close to the bank of the river on neighbourhood. elevated tracks - crossing over King St to merge with Eagle St after the rail crossing. 20 Good compromise between cost, efficiency Looks good! I support it. technical design challenges, and heritage and environmental impacts overall low risk. 21 -Use of River Rd bridge over Hwy 8 - New A stop at Freeport - make this work - aging road + LRT bridge over Grand - Good plan to population - it isn't all about new development. get over Shantz Hill and Speed R Wetlands - Sportsworld - must exchange land so that bus best of all - solution to interface between LRT and Greyhound are near LRT. People are and GO!!! carrying luggage. A stop at Eagle/Speedsville would connect with cycling trail to Hespeler. Good place for a Park 'n' Ride for country, and buses to industrial zones (m Grove and also Pinebush). 22 Viability for struggling family run businesses in Include secondary off-shoot to attract core area of Preston. Bring in dollars to Hespelerites to utilize the train. attractions ie. Riverside Park. 23 Change the route to travel down Coronation Blvd past the hospital and into the Delta centre area. 25 Not Much Connect Hespeler Village. Go through Preston Town Centre. Go past hospital. TABLE D1 Comment What do you like about the Preliminary How can we make things better? (How can No. Preferred Route? (What are its strengths, the Preliminary Preferred Route be advantages? What's good about it? What improved, refined, strengthened?) make a lot of sense or resonates most strongly?) 28 I like that it seems the group is working with MTO on 401 improvements and also looking at 401 bridges. 29 Fewer houses affected. Avoid King and Eagle - an already extremely congested intersection. If there is potential for redevelopment, will the other infrastructure be able to handle increased traffic. The Preston area is already notorious for insufficient roads given traffic volume. 30 I'm only interested in the portion of the route Why so few stops in Preston. Big distance that comes through Preston. between the two stops. 31 Nothing. Should not come through Preston too Do not bring it through Preston. many houses will be destroyed. 32 -Avoid running a train through a historic residential section in Preston - Traffic disruptions will be large down Shantz Hill - Most land expropriation on route make it disruptive to residents and costly - Does not showcase parks at Riverside - Options for partial expropriation 33 The fact that the route disrupts not only the Pay the extra money and go back to the initial Bob McMullen trail, but also displaces the route through Riverside.