nfitz
Superstar
Looking at the map, that's only a small fraction of this plan, across the Prince of Wales Bridge. I don't see that the Trillium line would work over the Alexandra Bridge, Laurier Street, or Boulevard Alexandre-Taché.I think this plan is ill conceived.
The section that goes to Ottawa should not be their own LRT system; it should be an extension of the O-Train (Trillium Line) that would extend and replace the 'Rapidbus' section of the Gatineau network. The Trillium Line would then be re-branded into a regional train service.
At the same time, this allows light rail cars from Gatineau to reach the Bayview interchange station between the Trillium and Confederation light rail lines. If the Trillium line was extended one further stop to Alexandre-Taché then many travellers from Gatineau would have to change twice to get to downtown Ottawa, instead of once.
If they ever do build light-rail along the BRT Rapidbus line (green below) then perhaps that should be revisited ... though optimally, I'd think running both the Trillium line and the Gatineau LRT over the bridge might be optimal. Though with the current single-track span over the Ottawa that would present challenges!