10/5/2009
Environment Minister John Gerretsen is attaching 18 strict conditions to the approval for new rail services planned by Metrolinx in the Greater Toronto Area.
Metrolinx has been given the green light for expansion of the GO Transit Georgetown South rail corridor and new rail service between Union Station and Pearson International Airport, as part of the Regional Transportation Plan for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
Most conditions would force the trains going through Weston each day to have the newest technology so there is less pollution.
However, "The Clean Train Coalition," group says it doesn't think this 'new technology' is good enough because the trains would still run on diesel. The group wants the trains to be electric.
The Georgetown expansion is part of the GO Transit Rail Improvement Program, a $1-billion expansion initiative funded by the federal and provincial governments and local municipalities through the Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund.
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