Studies on the Quebec part of the Gatineau tramway are already “budgeted” by the federal government, assures the Minister of Transport, Pablo Rodriguez.
“For Quebec studies, [il] is reserved, we have that money,” he declared at the end of the caucus. ” This is what I do not understand ! […] The 40% is already planned. We didn’t need that in the budget. »
Mr. Rodriguez, however, did not specify an amount or a timetable for making the announcement. “There will be information coming soon,” he simply indicated.
“I understand that there are concerns, I understand that people are anxious too. But once again, for the Quebec component, the federal portion, it is budgeted, and there, we are working to ensure it. »
There is great disappointment in Gatineau, the day after the submission of Ottawa’s budget, which included no trace of funding for the public transit project.
“We take note of the silence of the federal government and we strongly denounce it,” reacted Tuesday evening the spokesperson for the Allier pour le tramway coalition, Patrick Robert-Meunier. “The fact that the federal government has chosen not to support the project, after so many years of waiting, is a slap in the face for the region. »
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