06-05-2016, 02:17 PM
There was some comment on the radio about next year there being $46Bn in infrastructure spending still to be allocated, so I'm not too worried. I thought all the Stage 2 recommendations were supposed to be finished up by Spring 2016 though, with a funding request being submitted Fall 2016.
To me, it does seem a little "out of the blue" since Stage 1 in Ottawa is still a few years away from opening, but then again, I haven't been following their project anywhere near as closely as our own. Perhaps they already had their Stage 2 "shovel ready" and just needed the cash. Good on them, it's going to be a solid system (and a beautiful one, at that, with lots of flashy stations).
To me, it does seem a little "out of the blue" since Stage 1 in Ottawa is still a few years away from opening, but then again, I haven't been following their project anywhere near as closely as our own. Perhaps they already had their Stage 2 "shovel ready" and just needed the cash. Good on them, it's going to be a solid system (and a beautiful one, at that, with lots of flashy stations).