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yes, and it absolutely stinks of corruption
>plan came out of nowhere and was essentially forced through by corrupt premier of quebec and mayor of montreal
>completely cannibalizes the only electrified commuter rail line in canada
>forced local transit agency to sell off a 5km tunnel under mount royal, killing off any plans of any train service using that direct connection to central station besides REM
>approach to airport is from the fucking north instead of the originally planned south, making the 100 million dollar shell station built for southern approach redudant, will be parking
>aformentioned northern approach requires tunelling under the fucking runways instead of what would have been a 500m spur from existing mainline
>the brossard branch goes to a fucking mall at the intersection of 2 highways
>the west island branch runs along a fucking highway and stops at shopping malls instead of following the existing CN/CP mainline that already carries VIA and commuter rail traffic into downtown
>the developer/owner CDPQInfra have purchased property and land all around the proposed stations in order to sell them off to developers at a tidy sum
>costs steadily rising in the order of billions
>completely ignores the existing transit agencies plans for improving and expanding service in the region
what a fucking boondoggle. i am sick and tired of my city being presented with white elephant after white elephant due to the incompetence and corruption at city hall and quebec city
i hope the cagies enjoy their 10 billion dollar park and ride suburb express
