Mayor Watson wants council to spend money on studying Barrhaven LRT

It was only a matter of time before city hall addressed the elephant on the LRT blueprint: Barrhaven.
Mayor Jim Watson and Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder announced they’ll ask council on Wednesday to earmark $600,000 to go toward an environmental assessment for an LRT extension from Algonquin College to Barrhaven.
An environmental assessment is the first necessary step to building an LRT line, but the actual construction is likely many years away. Watson has said the obvious Stage 3 LRT projec