New feasibility studies show that efficient public transit would reduce road traffic – and make the Quebec City area more competitive, Guilbault said
A parade of government ministers took turns Thursday issuing sorrowful regrets for breaking a major election promise to build a multi-purpose vehicle tunnel linking Quebec City to its south shore.
The so-called “third link” across the St. Lawrence River – after the Pierre Laporte Bridge and the Quebec Bridge – was a key promise of Premier François Legault during the 2018 and 2022 election campaigns to woo voters in the capital region. Guilbault, however, said she didn’t know what kind of public transit would use the proposed tunnel, such as Quebec City’s planned tramway. Nor could she say how much a new tunnel would cost; the price of the previous, larger project, she said, was about $10 billion. But a tunnel dedicated to public transit would be eligible to be funded up to 40 per cent by the federal government, she added.
Education Minister Bernard Drainville delivered a teary apology in front of reporters for failing to deliver what he had championed ahead of the October election.
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