Comment 37791

By Rod (anonymous) | Posted February 03, 2010 at 16:21:25

That Metrolinx is turning out to be (yes, it seems that way) yet another plodding, red tape-mired, government or quasi-government bureaucracy, doesn't surprise me, nor should it surprise anyone else. Although the seemingly inordinate delays in making funding commitments to various transit or transportation projects may be one method being employed to cope with the increasingly precarious financial situation of the province.

In other words, maybe all these delays and snail's pace approvals may be deliberate - the slower the money is disbursed, the better (from the government's perspective, of course!).

But just to note that the tardiness in coming to a hard and fast decision re: Hamilton's LRT, is evident elsewhere with other projects, most notably the proposal to upgrade the Toronto-Peterborough-Havelock rail line to accommodate both a rail passenger commuter service and rail freight traffic to and from businesses in the Peterborough area. At the moment, that line is subject to 10 m.p.h. speed restrictions, which make it impossible to host passenger train service, and it is anyone's guess how much longer rail freight-dependent businesses can hang on with these train speeds.

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