TransLink warns of huge public transport cuts unless '$600m funding gap' is addressed

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TransLink warns of huge public transport cuts unless '$600m funding gap' is addressed
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NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Metro Vancouver's transportation provider TransLink is warning of massive service cuts unless a $600-million funding gap is addressed.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Metro Vancouver's transportation provider TransLink is warning of massive service cuts unless a $600-million funding gap is addressed.

TransLink says in a report to the Mayor's Council on Regional Transportation that the West Coast Express train service between Vancouver and Mission could also be eliminated.Council chair Brad West, mayor of Port Coquitlam, told the meeting that the consequences outlined in the report"are hard to imagine."

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