SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
VIA Rail to Peterborough - The most concrete evidence I've seen yet. This kinda sounds like VIA HFR due to mention of P3.
Leal says Via Rail interested in restoring service in Peterborough area
Peterborough Examiner - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer....-landscaping-at-former-peterborough-jail-site
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Minister and Peterborough MPP Jeff Leal was on hand at Wednesday's council meeting to provide brief updates on the 2016 provincial budget and Shining Waters Railway, among other topics.
He met with Via Rail officials last week, who are “very interested” in both passenger and freight service in the Toronto and Peterborough areas, he said. A potential public-private partnership could see the company taking and building on the work done by the Shining Waters Railway group.
Leal said he could say little more because of commercial confidentiality agreements.
Gerow encouraged more transparency regarding the project, noting the planned expansion of Nephton's Unimin Canada plant, which relies on freight rail through Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township. “Let's talk about it and get it done.”
Coun. Scott McFadden, a former county representative on the railway committee, said the public wants to learn what will happen with the deteriorating railway bridge over County Rd. 10 in Cavan Monaghan Township, for example. “Everyone is asking about it.”
Leal said the province has said as much as it can and has funded studies, adding the project has a “four-year window of obsolescence.”
As for the budget, the province made changes based on input like that the minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs has gleaned from talks with locals, he said.
Leal says Via Rail interested in restoring service in Peterborough area
Peterborough Examiner - http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer....-landscaping-at-former-peterborough-jail-site
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Minister and Peterborough MPP Jeff Leal was on hand at Wednesday's council meeting to provide brief updates on the 2016 provincial budget and Shining Waters Railway, among other topics.
He met with Via Rail officials last week, who are “very interested” in both passenger and freight service in the Toronto and Peterborough areas, he said. A potential public-private partnership could see the company taking and building on the work done by the Shining Waters Railway group.
Leal said he could say little more because of commercial confidentiality agreements.
Gerow encouraged more transparency regarding the project, noting the planned expansion of Nephton's Unimin Canada plant, which relies on freight rail through Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township. “Let's talk about it and get it done.”
Coun. Scott McFadden, a former county representative on the railway committee, said the public wants to learn what will happen with the deteriorating railway bridge over County Rd. 10 in Cavan Monaghan Township, for example. “Everyone is asking about it.”
Leal said the province has said as much as it can and has funded studies, adding the project has a “four-year window of obsolescence.”
As for the budget, the province made changes based on input like that the minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs has gleaned from talks with locals, he said.
