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LETTER: Don’t cut Howie Centre Route 7 From CBRM’s future

A growing CBRM should not cut off Howie Centre

If CBRM is serious about growth, it should not be talking about cutting transit service to Howie Centre. It should be talking about how to make that service work and how to build on it.

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This is bigger than Route 7; it is a test of whether CBRM actually means what it says about the future.

CBRM’s own Municipal Planning Strategy says public transit should play a crucial role in making the municipality more liveable and affordable. It says seniors use transit at a much higher rate than the general population. It says post-secondary students need reliable transit. And it says council should promote transit as a central part of the system and ensure it links residents to employment, residential areas, recreation, and sales and service areas. That is not wishful thinking from residents. That is CBRM’s own adopted policy.

The municipality’s own economic development strategy points in exactly the same direction. CBRM Forward says the municipality should position itself as Cape Breton’s urban hub for professional services, personal services, entertainment, recreation, and transportation. It says service industries will grow as the population grows. But a hub only works if people can........

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