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WATERUJO CHRONICLE - Wednesday. December 23. 201 l - s l Light rail transit a historic decision for regional council ‘ BYPMGE DBMOND community in the long term." Grand River to Cambridge is last week the council directed all of us.” I Chronicle Sta/I Seiling said transit in general scheduled to commence in late Chief Matt Torigian to find cuts in He said the region was working i had been a focus this past year, 2012 and would likely alleviate the budget to make room for the on ensuring child care availability 1 oad work. light rail transit with several roadwork projects Highway 401 volume at Highway 8. 52 new officers. civilians and and subsidiesas Waterloo Region's L and the police budget â€" it's completed and improvements Seiling said. courthouse stafihe had requested. Catholic and public boards take \ been quite the year for made to the Grand River Transit GO Sewice between Kitchener Otherwise. the region's budget over beforeâ€"and-after school care. i regional council. system. and Toronto for commuters. which was in good shape. Seiling said. lmproving emergency service 1 Chair Ken Seiling said looking the region was in the midst of launched last week. as well as rail- Once the budget was OK'd, Seil- response times were another area back at 20” the biggest decision implementing its master trans- road upgrades at Weber Street ing said a number of initiatives to improve. I council made â€" this year and for portation plan. with continued were just two initiatives under the were on his list. He said ambulances were often the future T was to go ahead with efforts to beseen in 2012. master transportation plan. The chair said he would like caught up at local hospitals. wait~ an $818«million light rail transit “We’ve got huge. massive road» Next year looks to be equally more subsidized housing built ing to offload patients to beds. system in the region. work underway right across the busy, Seiling said. following 2012 with recently secured provincial ‘Therearetimes when mere are “The transit decision. it was region." Seiling said “The great budget approval. funding. too few ambulances.” he said. I probably one ofthe most signifi- separation of Weber Street will The bulk ofa potential tax hike- “Obviously we have a huge “One of the challenges coming up } cant decisions that council made," proceed as more and more land is lies with the Waterloo Region waiting list right now for subsi- continues to be how we improve } Seiling said. acquired by the region." 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