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Seiling is confident find their way through it.” the work that staff and council were doing [W issui- dominated discussions at the the project is still on target for completion in Seiling said the proiect is still within the instead of being an individual award. “I was regional level of government this past 20I7. lhe first test track and test run for the contingency funding as set out in the P3 the symbolic lead for what should have been year ~ ”(I construction Ion is scheduled for lune 20l6. agieement. and doesn't think LRT is putting a community amid.” he said. . But Regional (Thair Ken Seiling is hoping “We're still on target for the end of 20l7.' any extra constraints on the regional budget But the way the region is handling growth it's a little short -temi pain for long-term gain. said Selling. “Some of this stuff wouldn't be The region undenook a service review this is a good problem to have. considering many ‘ He said it‘s one more year of inaior construe happening at this scale and at this pace. and past year, that included recommendations of other municipalities are still struggling tion in Jilin before things should start to nor- some people are forgetting that the cities are winding down the region's child-care centres. through the economic recovery mall/t- getting brand new infrastnicture in all of this. but ultimately council chose to keep them “The problems we have here are problems ‘ Setting stud regional officials have heard “it is a benefit, and with a lot of people "They didn't find much and they had a ofsuccessaridgmmh," saidSeiling “i look at ‘ the tomplaints about the detours and dead talking about infrastructure deficits and whole list of thing for us to look at. many of some of my other colleagues that are dealing ends. as the 19 km proiect puts down its foot- costs. the cities are getting some of their which we were already doing." said Seiling. with the problems of economic shrinkage. E print between Kitchener and Waterloo. and infrastructure replaced with a two-thirds ‘They said they couldn't find any low»hang- and as much as we struggie with these prob- l are doing their best to mitigate them. subsidy. and in some cases at a 100 per cent ing fruit, it'sa pretty tight operation” lems sometimes. they are good problems to r “it's a pretty massive project and it was subsidy when you kick at it from the regional Seiling recently won the David Crombie have.” i going to happen at one time or another," said perspective." - \ Seilmg. “You hear the grousing and the com- One constituency that has complained _ “a plaining, but at the same time you hear peo- the loudest about the ongoing construction - l pie who say that while it's problematic it's is local businesses Some have even argued short term for the longtemi gain. for compensation from resend govemmenL ‘ I a "For the most part. people have been Seiling argues that paying for business ( t ; } , [a 7 } ,~ . f ll , I. \ pretty good about it, not to say that people losses hasnever been standard practice. L ‘ l _, t f - i i ‘ . haven‘t got frustrated at times. but by and "We've never done that in the region. ‘ large. in the dl‘VCuSfiIOI’IS I've had. people are unless somebody sues us for it, and even ‘ reasonably understanding that a project of then there is a great deal that goes into prov- . this scale is going to displace things for a ing it or not proving it." said Seiling "l harken , while.“ back to the Portland experience. and when Some of the delays in the construction. our people visited them. many were opposed according to (irandlinq. have come in (nor to the pro'iect but now think it's the best thing ._.- ~ ~ ‘ dinatiiig all the proper permitting between to happen to them. 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