• n2burns@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    There will be so much bureaucratic red tape between the feds and the municipalities

    Not sure what municipalities have to do with this? Rail is exclusively in the federal jurisdiction.

    You also seem to be referring to HFR, which is unrelated to this topic (though it’s mentioned as background on Via Rail).

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      11 months ago

      So where do you think that the tracks will be going, if not through cities and municipal centers? The feds are going to be up against a ton of pushback if they try to ram this through purely because they have jurisdiction. The negotiation alone will take years.

      Also I’m referring to the Kitchener-Waterloo and Ottawa light rail transit projects. One is doing better than the other (hint: it’s not the country’s capital) but neither were very well-planned, well-executed, or well-received.

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        11 months ago

        Are you talking about HFR? That’s not what this article is about, it’s about passenger priority on rail owned by freight companies. They mention HFR, but that’s just background about Via Rail.

        However, if you do want to talk about that, the intention of HFR is not to lay much new track and next-to-none in built up areas. Even if they were laying new tracks, Municipalities have zero authority over the Federal Government. If the provinces wanted to get involved, there could be a fight, but both Ontario & Quebec seem to be completely behind HFR.

        As for the ION in Waterloo, you have no idea what you’re talking about. It is highly used, pretty well planned, and very well received. It was shutdown for a few days last year ice build-up, and that’s unacceptable and the Region is dealing with the operator to avoid that in the future. Other than that, there haven’t been any major issues.