Transit, renewal and the potential of more than 7,000 new jobs
Today City staff released an updated priority list of infrastructure projects that will create more than 7,000 jobs in the Nation’s Capital and form the basis of the City’s request for federal and provincial stimulus dollars.Please click here to see our priority list of projects.We have prioritized transit, maintenance and renewal. Simply put, we need shovels in the ground on our new transit network and we should not build anything new until we have fixed and refurbished our aging infrastructure.Help from the industryI have met twice with senior staff and the industry who have been extremely helpful in identifying obstacles and solutions to ensure construction starts right away on these projects once the money flows down from the province and the federal governments.Provincial budgetOn Thursday the Province of Ontario will table its annual budget and I expect to see Ottawa get its fair share of stimulus money to fund these priority projects. I am sure our local government caucus, including the Premier, has been working hard for their hometown.Please let me know what you think. Do you believe that transit and renewal projects should be our priority?I look forward to your comments.