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Quebec municipalities group calls government to address public transit underfunding
The municipalities group says agencies need $20 billion by 2035 for maintenance and face a $550 million operating shortfall.
- Quebec municipalities are calling on the provincial government to boost transit funding, as agencies require $20 billion by 2035 just to maintain existing assets.
- Underfunding threatens critical infrastructure, Gatineau Mayor Maude Marquis-Bissonnette said, citing Montreal's aging metro system dating to the 1960s and 1970s and a lift in Sherbrooke, Que., needed to hoist buses for repairs.
- Laval Mayor Boyer criticized the government's "stop-and-go" approach, citing an abandoned Quebec City electric bus garage project where the province withdrew funding after $94 million was spent.
- In 2021, Quebec granted a $2.2 million subsidy for a Concorde Boulevard bus project, but halted it despite studies being 90 per cent complete, wasting $2 million and forfeiting $65 million in federal grants.
- Municipalities demand stable, sustainable funding and reduced provincial micromanagement, with Marquis-Bissonnette arguing the government is capable of "optimizing how it handles current investments" to improve quality of life.
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Quebec municipalities group calls government to address public transit underfunding
MONTRÉAL - A group representing Quebec municipalities is calling on the next provincial government to boost funding for public transit agencies, which say they will need $20 billion by 2035
·Toronto, Canada
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