AlvinofDiaspar
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I'd assume a share by Mississauga and Brampton as well. If federal funding was part of it, there'd be federal MPs and likely a minister there as well. Kind of odd, given the Feds have had no problems ponying up money for the Sheppard LRT in Toronto, the Scarborough Subway Extension, the Vaughan subway extension, the Waterloo LRT, and the Ottawa LRT. I'd have thought in an election year, they'd have made sure they were part of an announcement.Federal rumoured to contribute up to 1 billion/ year for big cities transit projects, but I guess the Hurontario will be only funded by province.
I'd assume a share by Mississauga and Brampton as well.
Two things to watch for in this announcement:
1. When would construction actually start? If it's close to the 2018 provincial election, could another government (IE the PCs) cancel it (IE Eglinton West subway style)? Are all the studies and design work done or just the studies?
2. Will it include the Shopper's World to/from Brampton GO Station?
At a minimum, I'd expect Mississauga and Brampton to pick up most of the operating costs, proportional to ridership.Any idea how you go about apportioning the municipal share in a project like this?
At a minimum, I'd expect Mississauga and Brampton to pick up most of the operating costs, proportional to ridership.
If there was a capital share, again, I'd do it by distance, like it was between Toronto and Region of York for the Line 1 extension to Vaughan.
I'd assume a share by Mississauga and Brampton as well. If federal funding was part of it, there'd be federal MPs and likely a minister there as well. Kind of odd, given the Feds have had no problems ponying up money for the Sheppard LRT in Toronto, the Scarborough Subway Extension, the Vaughan subway extension, the Waterloo LRT, and the Ottawa LRT. I'd have thought in an election year, they'd have made sure they were part of an announcement.
I don't get the likes of Ottawa and Kitchener had to pitch in 30% or more for their LRT projects but Mississauga and Hamilton seem to think that somebody else should pay for everything?
Strong hints of Hurontario being a green light.
Not surprising -- Hurontario is a shoo-in with the new GO RER plans.
Hopefully they solve the corridor problem between Brampton-Bramalea to electricify one stop to Brampton GO-Hurontario interchange. But a far easier problem to solve than the Milton corridor challenge. Then Hurontario links two all-day 15-minute RER stations as endpoints! Even useful to get to Pearson airport too, once the Woodbine Racetrack station is eventually built on the Kitchener corridor to interchange with the UPX spur. All that said, Hurontario LRT just became massively more useful with the RER plans. To the point that Ontario may be willing to finance it full, in exchange for a quid pro quo (e.g. Mississauga pays full operating costs, or a cheap loan to Mississauga to help it pay for LRT, etc).
Hope Hamilton LRT isn't neglected too long (hint, hint).