There’s been feedback aplenty on both sides of the E&N railway line restoration issue following the Citizen’s April 2 story “Group Wants Movement on Restoring Railway”. In it Jack Peake, chairman of the E&N Railway Roundtable, said the group is prepared to […]
Re: “Gas-tax hike to fuel region transit boost,” Feb. 22.As an occasional bus commuter, I heartily approve of the gas-tax increase to expand our local bus service, which has suffered severe and counter-intuitive blows by cancelling the seniors’ discount fare and […]
Re: “E&N line’s real value is as a trail, not rail,” comment, Feb. 11. In support of the restoration of a 21st-century E&N Railway and all who travel on public transportation, the Island Corridor provides for trail and rail. The […]
Province should put money into E&N upgrades Dear Premier Horgan: I certainly praise your making future use of our derelict E&N railroad corridor a priority, among many needs left us by our former, corrupt Liberal government. I sure hope our […]
Premier John Horgan said he wants to see a decision soon on the future of the E&N corridor, which has been touted as a possible commuter route between Victoria and the West Shore. “We want to move on this quickly […]
Board Meeting Notes January 2018 ICF Chair – Dr. Judith Sayers Made Member of Order of Canada Kekinusugs, Dr. Judith Sayers founding member and current chair of the ICF has been made a Member of the Order of Canada. The […]
December 15th 2017 E&N Editorial Off Track Your editorial of November 28th ‘E&N line needs new approach’ is full of blame but devoid of fact and understanding of the Island Corridor Foundation (ICF) and does nothing in bringing clarity […]
Last week, my 10:10 colleague Leo Murray co-authored a new report on solar-powered trains with Nathaniel Bottrell, an electrical engineer at Imperial College. It’s exciting stuff. We think solar could power 20% of the Merseyrail network in Liverpool, as well […]
Officials from the Island Corridor Foundation met with the province’s new Transportation and Infrastructure Minister, Clair Trevena, Nov. 9 to discuss the long-anticipated railway project. There were growing concerns within the ICF, the non-profit organization that aims to restore rail […]
Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins sat “very disappointed” for most of Friday wondering how a study on how best to turn the E&N corridor from Langford to Victoria into a commuter route managed to get derailed. NDP Minister of Transportation Clair […]
