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Letter: Let’s make public rail transit a reality in Greater Sudbury

Reading the paper on the long term transportation plans for the city, I was disappointed to notice there was no suggestion to study rail transit in the city.
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Reading the paper on the long term transportation plans for the city, I was disappointed to notice there was no suggestion to study rail transit in the city.

As I have said many times before, light rail transit in the city would not be expensive to establish, compared to Ottawa or Toronto. London is even considering establishing a rail transit plan. London is a city with a rail system that does not spread out neatly but rather two main tracks that runs east-west. A large portion of Greater Sudbury has a rail line running through it.

It would be inexpensive; booking rail use time, buying two cars and an engine, and running at specific times for our workers to use. Establishing car lots or signing agreements with specific people who own lots by ideal locations, will bring in revenue for the city. We would be getting cars off the roads, we would be expanding the local economy of far-flung communities such as Levack and Whitefish. Of all the communities, Levack would benefit the most as the rail runs right into downtown Levack and is within reasonable walking distance of everyone there.

For those in the core, it would revive the economy and encourage people to move downtown and encourage residential development at the core, thereby solving the city’s issue with a dying downtown core. It makes sense. It’s effective, good for the economy and makes transit safer. It’s not that hard to set up and would modernize this city.

Let’s do it. Let’s work to make public rail transit a reality in Greater Sudbury.

Travis Morgan
Whitefish