A news posting on the CBC website http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/01/09/ot-090109-real-estate.html indicate the possibility of Federal government departments moving out of Tunneys Pasture over the next few years – for renovations, possibly for ever? If this was to occur, the first stage of Ottawa’s light rail plan, Blair road to Tunney’s through a down-town tunnel, would be a mass-transit link to nowhere!
While government real estate plans are likely not firm and only speculative at this time, one would hope that the Feds would communicate the possibility of such a move to the municipality before it embarks on developing planned light rail links. It would indeed be unfortunate if an underutilized ($1 billion plus) light rail link was put in place while leaving areas in urgent need of light rail waiting for years to come.
Articles like this serve to highlight the need for effective and ongoing communications between all levels of government in the National Capital area.
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