This provincial election is turning Hamilton's LRT project into a political roller-coaster ride.
A $1-billion commitment by Liberal leader Kathleen Wynne in 2015 to pay for a light rail transit line across the lower city is now being dangled in front of local voters as funding for alternative projects ranging from bus rapid transit to road repairs.
The threat of political derailment for LRT comes even with $65 million already spent on planning and land purchases — and dozens of residents already moving out of the way of construction.
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