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Originally Posted by J.OT13
New piece of information from the NCC presentation. It seems Portage will have to go through a significant rebuild to accommodate the tramway due to the increased load. I’m a little surprised to hear that considering how few trams will cross compared to buses and cars presently.
NCC Board Members’ opinion seem to be mostly positive. Support for surface vs. tunnel seemed to be about 50/50 from those who commented.
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I was surprised by the load issue with Portage as well. That really changes things. I'm not so sure the total cost of rebuilding the bridge and tunneling under Sparks would be all that different from tunneling under the Ottawa river into downtown Ottawa directly.
Either way, the tunnel option seems less likely now. The cost of rebuilding Portage bridge alone will surely be quite significant.