US EditionHigh-Speed Rail Project Runs Into Rural Opposition
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High-speed rail project runs into rural opposition
MONTREAL — A proposed high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City is facing growing opposition from some rural Ontarians and Quebecers. A grassroots coalition of farmers, small-town residents and municipal councillors say the corridor would sever their communities, prompt hundreds of land expropriations and offer locals few benefits while costing taxpayers billions of dollars. […]
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The RecordOntario farm groups, rural landowners raising concerns over Canada’s $90B Alto high-speed rail corridor
Opposition groups call for wider consultation on the proposed high-speed rail corridor linking Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City, citing threats to farmland and new land expropriation rules.
Demonstrations organized by the Union of Agricultural Producers (UPA) took place in several cities in February, in reaction to the announcement of the route of the future Alto high-speed train (TGV) which will connect Quebec City to Toronto, via Trois-Rivières and Montreal. While the UPA, together with the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), calls squarely for “the immediate suspension of the project in order to allow for its rigorous and t…
Proposed bullet train to likely cut through Eastern Ontario farmland
Proposed bullet train to likely cut through Eastern Ontario farmland Farmers Forum staff OTTAWA — The proposed high-speed rail line to run from Quebec City to Ottawa to Toronto is facing a firestorm of opposition from rural Eastern Ontario residents. Northumberland-Clarke MP Philip Lawrence said he received two calls in one day from constituents […]
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