Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is predicted to disclose particulars of the federal government’s plan to hyperlink Quebec metropolis and Toronto with high-speed rail traces on Wednesday morning, Radio Canada realized.
Trudeau is scheduled to make an official announcement at 9am this morning at a press convention with Transport Minister Anita Anand in Montreal.
Sources who spoke to Radio Canada mentioned the consortium chosen to construct the road was notified to be the best of the three submitted solely within the final 24 hours.
As Radio Canada first reported in October, the liberal authorities selected high-speed trains quite than slower high-frequency prepare tasks to move passengers between Quebec and Toronto.
Supporters of the undertaking hope that the prepare will take passengers from Montreal to Toronto in three hours. It takes about 5.5 hours by automobile.
Sources advised Radio Canada in October that the prepare would journey 300 kilometres per hour.
The trains are anticipated to make use of newly constructed unbiased, electrified vans and run continuously. It serves town of Quebec, Montreal and Toronto, in addition to Trois Rivieres, Laval, Ottawa and Peterborough.
Transport Canada initially estimated that the price of a high-speed rail hyperlink between the 2 cities might be $80 billion.
It’s anticipated to take 4-5 years to design a high-speed line of the longer term. Funds ought to be allotted on the finish of that interval, which may enable future governments to vary or cancel the undertaking.
