Allandale25
Senior Member
I do wonder if ML has been able to capitalise on the Province's leverage for "other considerations". For instance, Queens Park has been relatively mute on CN's proposal to build an intermodal yard south of Milton. I would have expected QP to extract all sorts of concessions from CN before letting that go forward. Of course, every action has its reaction, and ML walks a tightrope in holding the railways' feet to the fire without giving them reason to retaliate. And maybe there is more behind the scenes than we realise.
- Paul
Doesn't approval of the new container terminal in Milton rest with the Federal government? I was under the impression that CN had to go through a Federal EA. Is there anything the Province could do to stop it? Also, I wonder if another "other consideration" could be the railway line that has to go to the Ring of Fire. If the Province agreed to let CN build it (assuming they wanted to), could they trade it for the Missing Link and the arrangements that would have to be made on the Halton Sub and the York Sub?
I wonder if it's even possible to do the rough calculations of the Missing Link. CP would benefit, in theory, of having a faster line that is more direct, and the value of the line through some of Toronto's richest neighbourhoods. There's another thread on the 407 by-pass/Missing Link so I don't want to go on too long about this.