By Pepper Parr
June 8th, 2026
BURLINGTON, ON
There is hope – a glimmer – but the wheels are moving within the Transportation department.
City can now track where this traffic came from and where it is going
We learned that Transportation has procured a software program that can track how vehicles are moving through the community. Craig Coomer, Director of Transportation explained: “the first thing we need to understand is where people are going to and from. We have been gathering that data since June of last year, and will be using the software system to help us make decision as we move forward.”
A revised transportation impact study will be sent to Council with some additional considerations around how the traffic will be managed.
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Everything you report sounds encouraging until I got the part that says “sent to Council ” because that’s where common sense usually exits the process. The most troubling traffic impact isn’t in the study — it’s what happens when it reaches a Council responsible for planning disaster after planning disaster without a care or consequence.