Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City)

[reinventingthewheel]

The consultation period ends this Friday, April 24. In going through the municipal resolutions made so far, one interesting discovery was a slide deck by Alto for the Township of Stone Mills. You can read the whole deck here, but I'm going to display the slide about stages. Politically speaking, the project is not entirely a done deal at the federal level yet:

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The feds funded the development phase ~$4B but there is no indication where the money to build will come from. The feds will need to approve the final design and commit to fully fund construction or secure a deal with private investments. It’s never been a done deal, always at risk.