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Hi, Below is the text for the petition on commuter rail. As it stands now, CN is still intending to rip up the tracks, after having failed to make a satisfactory deal with HRM. Several hundred signatures have been collected thus far. It would be great if people could print off a few petitions and put them in stores, etc. and collect signatures. We would particularly like more signatures from the Valley and Bedford Areas. Please return petitions to the TRAX office at EAC or mail them to HRM, for Peter Kelly as he is accepting them. It is really important that council sees that this is something people support, epecially before and during the elections. Thanks, Susanna Fuller Transportation Issues Committee Ecology Action Centre PETITION BELOW ******************************************************************** YES TO RAIL TRANSIT Petition to: - Halifax Regional Council - Minister of Transport - Transport Canada - Canadian National Railway Company Whereas: An extra railway line exists between Windsor Junction and Halifax, and is owned by Canadian National Railway Company; Whereas: A light rail transit service on this line would offer significant public and environmental benefits, including decreased traffic, increased mobility choices, and lower emissions of air pollution, and; Whereas: Several studies have indicated the feasibility of a light rail transit service along this line between Beaverbank, Sackville, Bedford and Halifax; We the undersigned, residents of and visitors to the Halifax Regional Municipality, hereby request that: - Halifax Regional Council seriously engage in negotiations with the CN Rail Company to secure the long-term availability of the extra railway track and prevent its removal; - Halifax Regional Council utilize this extra line for public transportation by implementing a light rail transit service between Beaverbank and Halifax; - The Minister of Transport provide for federal government cost-sharing of the necessary infrastructure and equipment to implement a light rail transit service on this extra line, and; - CN Rail leave the track in place while negotiations and design phases are ongoing. Name Address Postal Code Signature -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list (sust-mar). http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/lists/sust-mar -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Sponsors: Chebucto Community Net http://www.chebucto.ns.ca Sierra Club - Chebucto Group http://www.sierraclub.ca Volunteer moderator: Paul Falvo mailto:sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca To submit a message to sust-mar, please send it to: mailto:sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca PLEASE SEND MESSAGES TO SUST-MAR IN PLAIN TEXT ONLY MESSAGES CONTAINING HTML (MIME) CANNOT BE POSTED
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