Debate continues over rapid transit

Is the province shortchanging the Region of Waterloo on funding for Rapid Transit?

The conversation continued this morning on the Jeff Allan show with guest host, Mike Farwell, nearly 24 hours after Cambridge MP Gary Goodyear told 570 News Ottawa would not make up the difference in funding for the region’s light rail plan.

NDP Transportation Critic, Peter Tabuns weighed in, saying LRT would be a benefit to the economic growth of the region and, on a larger scale would improve air quality in the province.

Tabuns says many countries are looking at transit systems as a way of getting around.

He says areas that develop the expertise will have marketable products, while those that don’t are going to choke in their traffic and smog and fall behind economically.

Tabuns says the Liberals should follow through on their two-thirds promise.  In the past, the province put in 75 percent of capital costs.

Last month, the province promised 300 million dollars in funding for the LRT. Even with Ottawa covering an additional third, it still leaves a shortfall of almost 230 million.

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