Philippe Couillard guarantees are for the tram

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Dominique Lelièvre

Saturday, 10 February, 2018 21:54

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The prime minister Philippe Couillard has confirmed that an envelope had been reserved for the tramway project, on Saturday, by posing as an ally of mayor Labeaume in this folder.

“It must be remembered that with the SRB, we already had an envelope that has been preserved, so we have the money for it and the federal government remains concerned “, recalled the prime minister on the sidelines of a visit to the Quebec winter Carnival.

The project of bus rapid had been shelved by the mayor Régis Labeaume, in the spring of 2017, before the idea of the tram will be brought back at the end of the year to the city hall of Quebec city.

The prime minister has said that he would meet “soon,” the mayor of Quebec, to receive details of this project, but already, he shows his full confidence. “I have no doubt that we will be waiting for you with something exciting, modern and that will put Quebec at the place where it should be in terms of transit”,-he said.

Complicity

Philippe Couillard has not specified how much he wanted to commit financially, but he says he is ready to support a project that will be ” certainly hundreds of millions of dollars “.

“This is what we had planned for the SRB, then this is not new for us. Look, it’s just been announced in Montreal a project of 6 billion dollars, [while] there is no reason why the National Capital was not also a major public transport project “,-he said.

As for the ability to see it registered in the next provincial budget, ” it is a little fast “, ruled, Mr. Couillard.

He had already testified as to his complicity with Mr. Labeaume in this folder, on Friday, bursting into an impromptu press mayor, while they were at the same event. “I want to tell him in passing that I’m going to support his project structuring,” he started.

In a hurry of questions on the progress of this project, Régis Labeaume had remained cautious. “We still have work to do, but it’s going well, you work hard,” he said.

A commitment to “ridiculous” to the CAQ

Moreover, questioned the commitment of the Coalition Avenir Quebec to start construction of a third link in a first term of office, Philippe Couillard echoed the comments of Régis Labeaume, who was invited on Friday to the training policy to be ” realistic “. “I think that Mr. Labeaume has responded well “, just respond, Mr. Couillard by calling it “ridiculous” the promise caquiste.

“Quebec city as a national capital, has the right to a real mass transit of the 21st century. […] It also works for the third link, but the third link, Mr. Labeaume has just to repeat, it’s going to take years and years and years. It takes two “, reiterated the prime minister.