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The governments of Canada and Quebec are helping four short lines in the province fund infrastructure improvement projects over the next five years. Each government body will provide $23.9 million while Chemin de fer de la Matapédia et du Golfe Inc., Québec Gatineau Railway, St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railway, and Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. will fund a total of $31.9 million.
The short lines plan to replace more than 600 miles of track, install 35 million ties, and improve facilities and bridges. The roads also plan to announce an intermodal project at a later date.
Officials at the short lines are pleased that both levels of government recognized the importance of short-line infrastructure, said Mario Brault, president of the Québec Gatineau, and St. Lawrence and Atlantic railways, in a prepared statement.
Short lines annually move about 30 percent (1.5 million carloads) of the freight shipped in Canada.
5/3/2005
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Canada, Quebec to help four small roads fund trackwork
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The governments of Canada and Quebec are helping four short lines in the province fund infrastructure improvement projects over the next five years. Each government body will provide $23.9 million while Chemin de fer de la Matapédia et du Golfe Inc., Québec Gatineau Railway, St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railway, and Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. will fund a total of $31.9 million.
The short lines plan to replace more than 600 miles of track, install 35 million ties, and improve facilities and bridges. The roads also plan to announce an intermodal project at a later date.
Officials at the short lines are pleased that both levels of government recognized the importance of short-line infrastructure, said Mario Brault, president of the Québec Gatineau, and St. Lawrence and Atlantic railways, in a prepared statement.
Short lines annually move about 30 percent (1.5 million carloads) of the freight shipped in Canada.
