^ That's a good point. If they're insisting on a greenfield route between Peterborough and Ottawa through the Shield (which it seems the bidders are), then the probability of there being long segments of track that are far away from the nearest road are quite high.
There's several high voltage power lines in Ontario that follow a similar route between Peterborough and Ottawa to cut down on transmission losses and serve the hydroelectric dams on the Madawaska River. Some sections of these lines pass over pretty remote forest country. HydroOne actually maintains access "roads" along these lines but they're often only accessible by jeep, and are also made available to ATV users and hikers in a lot of cases. A plan to build a new route through the Shield is realistically going to require access roads as well.
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