The IBI Group transportation study is for a 15,000-seat stadium that could be expanded later to 27,000 seats. Presently the west end site has no bus service. Under setting sail, without a stadium, over 3,800 parking spaces would be needed under present bylaws, with a 15,000-seat stadium, considerably fewer parking spaces will be provided. They even admit 80 per cent of fans arrive by car. This study is as flawed as the other one mentioned.

According to Hamilton’s own bylaws at least 4,500 parking spaces must be provided for a 24,000-seat stadium, just like Wal-Mart or any other commercial venue required to provide onsite parking.

The report basically says that the neighbourhoods surrounding the stadium will be an on-street parking nightmare the more the stadium is used. Residential streets surrounding the stadium will be at 200 per cent capacity hours and hours after every single event held there. This report is nonsense and not worth the paper it's printed on, in my humble opinion.

The risk assessment approach ($3.37 million) would mean the contaminated soil would not be remediated, removing the soil would cost $37 million. The Ministry of Environment requires the city to fully investigate the contamination at a further cost of $840,000.

This report frequently references confidential appendix "F" respecting report CM09006(c). The public should have access to this so we can know the truth about how bad this site really is. It refers to ongoing litigation respecting the Setting Sail Plan for this area also. this could stop the project in its tracks in the west end.

Mark-Alan Whittle, Hamilton Mountain