Thursday, April 19, 2007

Commuter rail.. we'd better get on board

Because other communities in our area already are.. Plans are in the works to run a morning and afternoon train from Alexandria to the City.

Not much time to write tonight ... but I found a few links that are interesting.

Eastern Ontario transit board forms
In rural Eastern Ontario a new inter-municipal Transit Board was founded on February 9th by the towns of Casselman, La Nation and (as an observer) North Glengarry (Alexandria). The board plans to operate commuter bus and train services into Ottawa in co-operation with VIA Rail. Startup is foreseen for September 2007.

Related South Nation council minutes.

Editorial from the Cornwall Standard Freeholder .... They are on top of it ... why isn't The Record News ??

Commuter rail plan a win-win proposal

Improved commuter rail service between the nation's capital and eastern Ontario would be a win-win situation: it would take more vehicles off the road and make rural eastern Ontario a more attractive place to live, and that would assist economic growth, something that is lagging in this part of the province.

This is one of the few advantages we have in Smiths Falls and area ... Imagine, light rail to the Fallowfield Station. Just a very short bus ride away from the 6000 or so utterly fantastic high paying jobs coming to the new RCMP Headquarters at Merivale and Prince of Wales .... remember that many of these poor souls currently live in Orleans, and are facing a nightmarish commute once this move is done ... They're ripe for the picking ....

Why is it that the only ones to talk about this issue are bloggers ??

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