Trudeau announces $1.3 billion in federal funding for Montreal metro extension
Jul 4, 2019 | 9:25 AM
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MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will invest $1.3 billion to help finance an extension of Montreal’s metro system.
The federal money would help finance the $4.5 billion project to extend the city’s blue line by five metro stops, from the St-Michel station towards the Anjou borough in the city’s east end.
Construction on the six-kilometre expansion is expected to begin in 2021 and be completed in 2026.
Ottawa usually finances roughly 40 per cent of the total cost of infrastructure projects across the country.
