Hastings County Residents' Concerns Remain After Alto Rail Meeting

Hastings County residents' concerns remain after Alto rail meeting

MADOC TOWNSHIP – The discussion was civil and interest keen, but the first public meetings in Hastings County on the Alto high-speed rail project did little to dispel Hastings County residents’ concern and skepticism.

Huge turnout at high-speed rail meeting in Madoc Township

There was a big turnout at a meeting in Madoc Township on Thursday on the proposed high-speed rail project through the region. Hundreds of people attended the two sessions at the Madoc Township Recreation Centre. The meeting was hosted by ALTO, the crown corporation taking the lead on the high-speed rail line being proposed to run from Toronto to Quebec City. Multiple posts on social media showed long lineups at the Recreation Centre with attend…

Big turnout to Alto information meeting in Madoc

Almost 1,000 people showed up to an open house in Madoc on Thursday to discuss the controversial high-speed rail line proposed to cut through the region, many of them there to voice their displeasure with the project. Alto, the Crown corporation behind the rail line, hosted the open house at the Madoc Recreation Centre and had several representatives on hand to talk about the proposed rail line that would connect Quebec City and Toronto with tra…