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Old Posted Sep 20, 2019, 2:20 PM
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Originally Posted by acottawa View Post
It makes very little sense as a transit corridor. Gatineau has already committed to BRT for the rail corridor on the Gatineau side. Gatineau has already committed to surface LRT for its next round of transit upgrades and wants (quite justifiably) a more central connection to Ottawa, and Ottawa still hasn't made any long-term decisions on the future of Line 2. Unless any of those things change there is little chance of using the bridge.

Even if something changes, it is unclear that trying to reuse a century old bridge would be cheaper than building a new one nearby.
I agree. To those who think otherwise, what do transport desire lines indicate?

Transferring thousands at Bayview towards downtown will eventually overwhelm the C-Line. Expanding on single track service with low frequencies is a poor substitute for other ideas.
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