Fall economic statement provides cash to study 2 km of Gatineau-Ottawa tram [Video]

The federal government’s fall economic statement includes more than $30 million in funding for public transit in the Ottawa-Gatineau region, but none of it is earmarked for operations.

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The funding, $31.6 million over three years, is earmarked for feasibility studies into a two-kilometre portion of the Gatineau-Ottawa tram project on the Ontario side of the Ottawa River. The projected funding is approximately $9 million in 2025-26, $12 million in 2026-27 and $10 million in 2027-28.

“This funding builds on the joint investment with Quebec and means the federal government has now put forward the funding required to complete feasibility studies for the proposed tram’s entire 24-kilometre route,” the document says.

The federal and Quebec governments reached an agreement in June to provide $163.5 million for the planning stages of the Quebec side of the tram …