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Originally Posted by OCCheetos
His estimate is even lower than MOOSE's (~$60 million). Both are significantly lower than the city's guess (~$200 million+?).
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MOOSE's engineering firm REMISZ Consulting Engineers put the PoWB refurbishment at about $50M, incl. cantilevered cycling and pedestrian trails, and seismic upgrades. The
preliminary study has been online for more than 2 yrs. MOOSE has proposed to finance that with private sector investment in exchange for running rights on City of Ottawa track.
The 2016 dismantlement and obstruction of the approach track at Bayview,
in violation of Section 142 of the Canada Transportation Act now adds about $25M to the cost of running conventional trains through there, based on the REMISZ preliminary estimate. MOOSE has also proposed to finance that with private sector investment in exchange for running rights on City of Ottawa track -- in effect, it would only mean that we'd be running on City track several more years before Ottawa citizens would see lease fees showiing up in the City's financial statements. But we've designed our financing plan to not burden taxpayers.
Joseph Potvin
Director General | Directeur général
Moose Consortium (Mobility Ottawa-Outaouais: Systems & Enterprises) |
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Consortium Moose (Mobilité Outaouais-Ottawa: Systèmes & Enterprises) |
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