ST. CATHARINES-NIAGARA FALLS | Niagara Region Development Thread

[jammer139]

Lot's of proposals to enhance the region for tourism including expanding the local airport.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/local/nia...art-of-ontarios-plans-for-niagara-falls/

[jammer139]

Lot's of big plans for the area tourism including expanding the local airport.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/local/nia...art-of-ontarios-plans-for-niagara-falls/

[ohhimark]

Originally Posted by jammer139

Lot's of big plans for the area tourism including expanding the local airport.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/local/nia...art-of-ontarios-plans-for-niagara-falls/

Twinning the Skyway bridge is a lot of capacity. Better than too little.

[haljackey]

Originally Posted by ohhimark

Twinning the Skyway bridge is a lot of capacity. Better than too little.

The current bridge is 6 lanes with no shoulders. It's not fun when there's a breakdown.

Once the replacement is built, it will change to 4 lanes (one way) with inner and outer shoulders- perhaps one of those lanes will be HOV too.

[jammer139]

Proposal for high rise in St Catherines gets approval after OLT mediation.

https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news...45ff3e8-f396-5b50-adf9-0be88bf18aa7.html

[jammer139]

The new Regional Chair Bob Gale has reached out to all Niagara region mayors for input, after he sent a letter to Municipal Affairs Minister Rob Flack announcing a review of the way municipal government in the region is structured.

There are currently 126 municipal elected officials in the region — more than the number of MPPs in the entire province

https://www.chch.com/chch-news/niagara-r...put-on-potential-municipal-amalgamation/

https://www.chch.com/morning-live/i-thin...atharines-mayor-on-niagara-amalgamation/

[DavefromSt.Vital]

The Embassy Suites will be re-flagging to be a Hyatt Regency April 1

[johnnyhamont]

Does anyone know what's going on south of Beamsville? There's this random semi-circle collection of rainbow coloured tiny houses on rural Mountain Rd south of Fly Rd.