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The Federal Court of Appeal has agreed to hear the city’s arguments opposing an order to fix the Prince of Wales Bridge, council learned Thursday.
Federal Transportation Minister Marc Garneau has also asked the city to send him information about the case so he can bring the matter to cabinet, city clerk and solicitor Rick O’Connor told council.
Mayor Jim Watson wrote to Garneau in early March asking for his intervention after the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) forced the city’s decision on the future of the old rail bridge between Ottawa and Gatineau.
The CTA gave the city an ultimatum: discontinue the rail line, or fix the bridge so that it could be used by another rail operator 12 months after being notified by the agency.
Watson told Garneau the CTA didn’t consider the ongoing discussions between the cities of Ottawa and Gatineau about the bridge’s future in connecting the municipal transit services. Ottawa’s Trillium Line stops at Bayview station, just south of the bridge.
Cabinet could uphold, vary or rescind the CTA decision. Watson wants the decision rescinded.
The City of Ottawa owns the bridge but it’s not ready to spend money on the repairs. Watson has also ruled out spending $10 million to install a cycling and pedestrian path across the bridge deck, characterizing it as a waste of money if the city has ambitions to return the bridge as a crossing for trains.
No one is allowed on the bridge.
The CTA investigated the bridge, and the rail line between Bayview station and the bridge, after the Moose Consortium complained about the city removing tracks during the construction of Bayview station, which is a joint Confederation Line and Trillium Line station.
The court stayed the CTA’s order until there’s a decision on the city’s appeal. The court has not set a date for a hearing.
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Federal Transportation Minister Marc Garneau has also asked the city to send him information about the case so he can bring the matter to cabinet, city clerk and solicitor Rick O’Connor told council.
Mayor Jim Watson wrote to Garneau in early March asking for his intervention after the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) forced the city’s decision on the future of the old rail bridge between Ottawa and Gatineau.
The CTA gave the city an ultimatum: discontinue the rail line, or fix the bridge so that it could be used by another rail operator 12 months after being notified by the agency.
Watson told Garneau the CTA didn’t consider the ongoing discussions between the cities of Ottawa and Gatineau about the bridge’s future in connecting the municipal transit services. Ottawa’s Trillium Line stops at Bayview station, just south of the bridge.
Cabinet could uphold, vary or rescind the CTA decision. Watson wants the decision rescinded.
The City of Ottawa owns the bridge but it’s not ready to spend money on the repairs. Watson has also ruled out spending $10 million to install a cycling and pedestrian path across the bridge deck, characterizing it as a waste of money if the city has ambitions to return the bridge as a crossing for trains.
No one is allowed on the bridge.
The CTA investigated the bridge, and the rail line between Bayview station and the bridge, after the Moose Consortium complained about the city removing tracks during the construction of Bayview station, which is a joint Confederation Line and Trillium Line station.
The court stayed the CTA’s order until there’s a decision on the city’s appeal. The court has not set a date for a hearing.
jwilling@postmedia.com
twitter.com/JonathanWilling
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