03-25-2021, 11:36 AM
(03-25-2021, 10:23 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(03-25-2021, 10:15 AM)ac3r Wrote: Two-way, all-day GO service to become reality by 2025: https://www.kitchenertoday.com/amp/local...io-3573673
I've seen this, and I've seen this from the region.
AFAIK there is no concrete construction projects, nor agreements with CN in place at this point, I don't know what we're celebrating here. The government could promise me a unicorn in 2025, I wouldn't bother making hay about it.
Quite right. The biggest project on this brief, the freight bypass, was cancelled by them and there's been no new information for more than 2 years how they will be dealing with that. We're now at two and a quarter years since then-Transorptation Minister Yurek's December 2018 promise of "big news" in a year to a year and a half. The next biggest—the environmental assessment for electrification from Georgetown to Kitchener, and the tunnels under the 401/407—were both started under the Liberals. The few remaining projects that have been done on Kitchener Line between Union and Bramalea were also all planned out by the Metrolinx under the GO RER project of the Liberals. lso, in 2019, the Tories cut almost $200M from Metrolinx's budget.
Until I see some actual action and not just talk about budget "commitments", I'm going to view this as election fruit for next year.