Ottawa considering $3 billion for rail improvements, report says
OTTAWA (Aug. 6, 2002) — The Chretien government is considering diverting $3 billion earmarked for infrastructure improvements, urban assistance, border initiatives, the environment, and regional development and spending it on a rail renewal program instead.
A report in the National Post Saturday said the money would be used to modernize track beds to allow heavier and faster trains on short lines, upgrade safety and traffic-control systems so that more trains can share track lines, and to improve rail border crossings. The government is also studying the benefits of constructing up to 50 bridges and tunnels within major cities to allow more trains to travel through urban areas, the report said.
Combined, the projects would cost up to $3 billion over four to eight years, the report said, citing unnamed sources at Transport Canada.
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