MPP Arnott calls for Government action on Highways 6 and 7, as well as Waterloo Region’s Light Rail Transit Initiative

Concerned about the inaction of the McGuinty Liberal Government in response to the Waterloo-Wellington Transportation Action Plan, MPP Ted Arnott called the Government to account in the Ontario Legislature on November 16th.

Citing an article in the Wellington Advertiser, Mr. Arnott informed the House that Highway 6 has recently been nominated as one of the Municipal Roads Coalition’s “worst roads in Ontario.”

“If the Minister ever travelled through my Riding, he would find that the condition of this road is deplorable. When will he take action to give final approval to the building of a safer, modern Highway 6?” he asked.

Speaking to the need to accelerate the plans to build a new four-lane Highway 7 from Kitchener to Guelph, Mr. Arnott addressed concerns he’s hearing from constituents.

“As the Minister stalls and sputters on the immediate need for a new Highway 7, his indecision stifles economic development, and represents a huge safety issue for people travelling in and through Waterloo-Wellington,” Mr. Arnott declared.

Urging the Government to support the Region of Waterloo’s Light Rail Transit Initiative, Mr. Arnott quoted a recent Kitchener-Waterloo Record Editorial: “All the evidence points toward the need for better public transit services in the future, particularly in large urban areas, which is what Waterloo Region is rapidly becoming.”

“We are now past the mid-term point of the McGuinty Liberal Government. I have been advocating for these transportation projects since the very day after the 2003 election. My constituents have waited long enough for this Government to begin to take our transportation needs seriously. I call on the Minister to do so,” he concluded.