LONGUEUIL – It could be the end of the line for south shore commuters waiting on a proposed extension to the Montreal Metro yellow line.
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Transport Minister Jacques Daoust said he’s putting all his effort into extending the blue line east of Saint-Michel, to Anjou.
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Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre has been the most recent champion of the project.
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Estimates have the cost of the five-km extension, which would carry 80,000 users every day, at $1.8 billion.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said recently that Ottawa would be investing $775 million in public transit in Montreal, which should be used for maintenance and upgrades.
Daoust did promise that a favourable announcement about a light rail project would be coming soon to the Champlain Bridge, though the project is only expected to be completed Dec. 1, 2018.