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Originally Posted by acottawa
Even if in several decades there is demand for such a connection, there is no particular impediment to building one in the future. Letting the bridge further deteriorate until the service is needed is not a good idea, nor is spending a lot of money on a service long before it is needed. We have no idea what Ottawa will do with Line 2 over the longer term, nor do we know what Gatineau will do with Rapibus over the longer term (both are pretty provisional pieces of infrastructure), nor do we know what the long term plan is for the flats. That is a lot of maybes to justify a big expense.
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Anything done here regarding rail service will certainly be post 2031, probably much later. Preservation of the corridor and the POW bridge is all that is needed in the short-term.
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