Not exact matches
Edmonton's Mr. Iveson announced this week that
expansion of the city's Light
Rail Transit
system is the top infrastructure priority for the newly elected City Council.
Important too is that the Government not only considers the potential for an individual airport
expansion, but also how the surrounding road and
rail infrastructure might support it effectively — and how a new runway can benefit the whole of the transport
system and the economy of the country.»
Lagos State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Dr. Kadri Hamzat, has said that the state government must complete the on - going
expansion of the Lagos - Badagry Expressway to a 10 - lane road that includes a light
rail system because it will usher in prosperity to the state.
Nonetheless the next Tory government will green the tax
system (after kicking green taxation into the long grass for the duration of the recession), stop the
expansion of Heathrow, begin exploratory work on a high speed
rail network and also oversee an innovative energy efficiency scheme that will see future reduced home energy bills pay for insulation measures now.
I am disheartened that there isn't more discussion of a massive
expansion of the
rail system by the candidates, both passenger and freight.
Compare that to San Jose, California, soon to benefit from the
expansion of the Bay Area Bike Share, where unlinked trips on the light
rail numbered approximately 11 million in fiscal year 2015, or Sacramento, which saw a little over 12 million trips on its own light
rail system.
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