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New infrastructure funding -- in Waterloo Region?
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(10-20-2015, 12:49 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: I see the likeliest funding going for GO. Whether it's to add more trains, or speed up the travel time, it lets you get onside with what many local politicians have been asking for, support diverse industry, announce in multiple cities.

GO seems obvious, but the basic purpose of the infrastructure funding is to spur growth, so buying US-made locomotives doesn't help much.  The cars are built by Bombardier, so that's better.  $200M would buy maybe 50 more cars, but the provincial government would still need to fund the locomotives -- and any deficit in the operations.
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RE: New infrastructure funding -- in Waterloo Region? - by tomh009 - 10-20-2015, 01:40 PM

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