02-08-2015, 02:02 PM
(02-08-2015, 01:17 PM)willow Wrote: Optimistically, how long would it take to complete environmental assessments and then construction (grade separation and double tracking) if this project became a priority?
EAs keep on growing in scope and reach. I would say at least a year for the EA alone if not two. In Toronto a few years back it took two or three years to do the environmental assessment for the subway line through urban areas. What they were afraid they could damage the sensitive asphalt ecology?