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A high-speed commuter rail service could begin operating between Peterborough and Toronto in two years thanks to funding set aside in the federal budget yesterday.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty mentioned the project in the budget speech when he talked about the Conservative government plan to provide $500 million to support capital investments in public transit.
It`s something Peterborough MP Dean Del Mastro has been working on since he was elected in 2006.
"This was the most significant federal infrastructure investment into our area since John A. Macdonald committed to the completion of the Trent-Severn Waterway," Del Mastro told The Examiner shortly after the budget speech.
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/Art...0Staff%20Writer
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty mentioned the project in the budget speech when he talked about the Conservative government plan to provide $500 million to support capital investments in public transit.
It`s something Peterborough MP Dean Del Mastro has been working on since he was elected in 2006.
"This was the most significant federal infrastructure investment into our area since John A. Macdonald committed to the completion of the Trent-Severn Waterway," Del Mastro told The Examiner shortly after the budget speech.
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/Art...0Staff%20Writer