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And he's at it again... starts off strong talking about brownfields, but then adds mis-information on the LRT file

Bratina wants good ideas for brownfield development
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/43...d-development/

Bob Bratina is looking for some smart people to tell the city what to do with hundreds of acres of abandoned factory sites.

The mayor told the Stoney Creek Chamber of Commerce Thursday that, as soon as city council agrees, he wants to appoint a blue ribbon committee of experts to look at ways of turning those sites from eyesores back into productive land.

"We need some smart people who can tell us what to do," he told the business audience in his annual state of the city address.

"This is a huge potential area of growth," he added in an interview. "There are so many unusable brownfields now, are we just going to let them sit there and rot or are we going to find a way to address the problem? We need to put it in the hands of some knowledgeable people."

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On other issues, Bratina said he doesn't think there's strong support for a light rapid transit (LRT) plan for the city without heavy financial contributions from the provincial government.

"I'm not aware of any public perception that is overwhelmingly in favour of construction of an LRT. There certainly were many interested folks and the stimulation of the original 100 per cent funding encouraged a lot of people to say 'what's this about?'" but that has changed with a recent provincial statement it would not fund the entire cost of the project.

"We just think there are better ways to spend $1 billion in Hamilton," Bratina said.

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