05-30-2020, 09:32 AM
(05-26-2020, 06:29 PM)dtkvictim Wrote: Do you have a link for what the Conservatives have scrapped? Are you referring to track upgrades? My understanding was the the incremental changes required for AD2W GO were under way (track upgrades in the Guelph subdivision, electrification studies). All I see from googling is that they voted against passing a motion to commit to a timeline. But from the Metrolinx board meeting and town hall that I watched it seemed liked they had already approved the business case, and were completing it by doing more incremental changes to slowly increase service.
They've been working on the incremental track upgrades but scrapped The Missing Link / 407 Freight Bypass that would have taken CN freight off the track between Georgetown and Brampton, and if done right, CP freight off the track between Milton and Scarborough. That CN freight is the biggest bottleneck to two way all day at anything above hourly frequency (and probably not even that). A future government could circle back to it, but it's only going to be more expensive to do than it would have been right now. A fly-over/under near Georgetown remains a possibility and would help a lot while costing less, but isn't nearly the same value for money in the long term as the bypass.
...K