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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
I wonder how many here would support the idea if Alto demanded that city taxpayers party the difference in cost between the two plans. We'd quickly find out who really thinks there's value in this idea. Everybody loves free stuff when somebody else is paying for it.
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It's not free. Ottawa income tax payers are partly funding this. Why would the City of Ottawa property tasked to chip in, but not the Cities of Montreal for a new Mount Royal tunnel, Toronto, Quebec City? Again, we're seen as being second class. Ottawa (and even more so Gatineau) has historically been underfunded. We paid 50% of our O-Train while Toronto and Montreal get basically "free" transit lines (as in City Governments don't need to chip in much, if at all).
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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
I feel like it would be a much different scenario if the current station were less central, like say, out at the airport. But the current VIA station is already in a fairly core part of the metro area less than 4km from Parliament Hill. So that's already a big advantage compared to flying since the airport terminal is over 11km out, and a lot could be done to improve the pedestrian connection to the LRT even with 1/10 of the money needed for an HSR tunnel. I also think building a downtown tunnel would offer a greater value proposition if it was shared by other services such as a commuter rail line.
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Originally Tremblay Station was supposed to be located on Walkley. If that was the case, reopening Union would no longer be a nice to have but a necessity.