LRT gets the green light by a vote of 14-8

Terry Kilrea noted of the proceedings today:
"They were like students cramming for an exam with their line of last minute questioning. Now they're all hoping they did the right thing and that they graduate in November."

Here's how they voted on the $1Billion project :

Bob Monette — Yes Jan Harder — Yes Eli El-Chantiry — Yes Janet Stavinga — Yes Diane Deans — Yes Georges Bedard — Yes Diane Homles — Yes Shawn Little — Yes Maria McRae — Yes Clive Doucet — Yes Peter Hume — Yes Rob Jellett — Yes Doug Thompson — Yes Bob Chiarelli — Yes

Ranier Bloess — No Jacques Legendre — No Peggy Feltmate — No Alex Cullen — No Rick Chiarelli — No Michel Belmare — No Glenn Brooks — No Gord Hunter — No

The amendments which passed:
- exclude Lester Station
- include South Keys station
- bring station designs back to Transportation Committee and Council for approval.
- preclude eastward extensions into Sandy Hill, beyond Cumberland
- refer the question of extension to Hurdman back to Transportation Committee
- build the west Transitway Pinecrest to Bayshore.
- negotiate parking lot sharing at Barrhaven Town Centre
- the contract will be placed on the public record
- the contract will be open to revision by mutual agreement
- community working groups to be set up in affected wards (Somerset, Hintonburg, etc.)

Up for public process:
- the addendum EA for the U of O
- the heritage district consultations for the U of O
- the Hurdman question at Transportation Committee
- Public consultation on the O-Train replacement transit service
- review of the issues of the maintenance yard selection with community and interest groups
- the Interprovincial Transit Study
- The East West LRT EA report
- public review of the other two bidders' designs
- station designs at Transportation Committee
- Quarterly project report (in October)