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Is it all just pie in the sky without the feds?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Editor’s note: the following article was written by Peter Raaymakers,\u00a0 Executive Director of\u00a0 Transit Ottawa. It originally appeared on the Public Transit in Ottawa<\/a> website. <\/em><\/p>\n

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The City of Ottawa is still waiting to hear the federal government announce their intentions to match (or hopefully exceed) the provincial $600M funding pledge for the city’s $2.1B light-rail transit plan. Queen’s Park made its pledge back in December<\/a>, and the general understanding was that a similar announcement from Federal Infrastructure Minister John Baird would come in a matter of days.<\/p>\n

And then days became weeks. And now weeks have become months.<\/p>\n

Some councillors, including Transit Committee Vice-Chair Marianne Wilkinson, are getting a little antsy waiting for the announcement. From 580 CFRA:<\/p>\n

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“Vice Chair of Ottawa City Hall’s Transit Committee Marianne Wilkinson says the environmental assessment is almost complete and she’d like to hear something concrete soon.<\/em><\/p>\n

She suggests a delay in funding could slow down the project.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The actual groundbreaking for the project is still a ways off, but that date is getting closer, and we haven’t really heard a peep since the federal government’s most recent re-committing its $200M in transit plan funding–that money that’s been on the table for years, waiting for a transit plan to fund.<\/p>\n

Hopefully the announcement will come soon; light-rail transit in Ottawa has already been delayed long enough.<\/p>\n

-Image by City of Ottawa<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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