The management organization for the TramCité project is moving ahead with two administrative agreements. (Image from CDPQ Infra) TRAM TRACKER: City signs deals to clarify TramCité project management Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com It may still be many months before any tramway track is laid, but…
TRAM TRACKER: Federal support for tramway in hands of voters Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com The fate of Quebec City’s tramway project is at stake in the April…
TRAM TRACKER: More federal money, big contracts coming for TramCité project Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com A boost in federal funding for Quebec City’s tramway project was one…
TRAM TRACKER: TramCité planning moves forward despite Ottawa-Quebec funding feud Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Work continues on Quebec City’s tramway project, called TramCité, despite a war of…
TRAM TRACKER: TramCité deal signed; federal funding in election limbo Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Though a deal is now signed to proceed with Phase 1 of a…
Quebec City’s tramway project, paused since fall 2023, will get back on the rails in 2025. (Image from Ville de Québec) TRAM TRACKER: Phase 1 deal to be signed after long delay Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Supporters of Quebec City’s tramway project are getting an early Christmas present….
TRAM TRACKER: Government opens door to d’Estimauville extension Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com The Quebec government may be willing to approve major additions to Quebec City’s tramway project,…
TRAM TRACKER Anti-tram mayor would be ‘catastrophe’: Duclos Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com With the next municipal election still a year away, Jean-Yves Duclos, the MP for the…
Quebec City’s tramway project could be back on the rails with the CAQ government mandating CDPQ Infra to take charge of construction. (Image courtesy of Ville de Québec) Duclos to Guilbault: Tram money is ‘in the bank’ Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Federal minister and Liberal Quebec lieutenant Jean-Yves Duclos has sharply refuted Quebec Transport Minister…
Québec Solidaire MNAs Sol Zanetti (white shirt and tie) and Étienne Grandmont (third from right) hosted a gathering on Ave. Cartier on Sept. 20 to prod the CAQ government to get the tramway project rolling again. Tramway activist Nora Loreto (holding the Québec Désire Son Tramway sign) also attended. (Photo by Peter Black) TRAM TRACKER QS calls on CAQ government to get tramway rolling Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com The two Québec Solidaire MNAs in the provincial capital are calling on…