Waverley underpass gets green light from Ottawa

WINNIPEG – Commuters will no longer have to “waste quality time” when stuck waiting for a train at Waverley Street and Taylor Avenue, Conservative MP Joyce Bateman says.

Up to $91.8 million in federal-provincial funds will pay for an underpass at Waverley Street, Bateman announced Thursday.

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An estimated 30,000 vehicles and roughly 40 trains pass through the intersection each day.

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The project includes an underpass, reconstruction of Waverley Street between Wilkes Avenue and Taylor Avenue and the twinning of 1.2 kilometres of Taylor Avenue.

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The City of Winnipeg has committed $63.3 million to the project but Mayor Brian Bowman could not say when construction would begin.