By court order, senior governments have until March 15 to commit to use the rail line.
Twenty years ago, a visionary group of local government and First Nations leaders from up, down and across the Island met to discuss how to save a beleaguered rail corridor as a transportation and land asset for future generations.
That initial group saw a contiguous existing corridor, full of potential for future generations. They came up with an idea: to form a charitable society with a goal of preserving the corridor so that, in time, it could host services that would best benefit the Island and its economy: commuter rail, tourist excursions, more freight and a fibre-optic cable conduit were all possible if the corridor remained intact.
From the start it was going to require investment by both the federal and provincial governments and, over the years, both senior governments agreed to funding, but never at the same time. Now the clock is ticking on the corridor’s future. By court order, senior governments have until March 15 to commit to use it or allow the Island to lose it.
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