Article about the rail cut

[Keith P.]

^^^ For the last 150 years there has been no shortage of reasons why things could not be done in Halifax. That in turn explains why things have never been done. Imagine if this attitude was employed in cities like New York or Paris.

An Act of Parliament could have ownership of the rail cut revert back to government. That would then allow uses of the thing for the public good to be explored. Back in the day when passenger rail was still viable it was used for exactly those reasons. Now it is a very underutilized asset that benefits just one entity. Arguments why alternative uses could not possibly be done all come back to one reason only: a lack of will. The fact that those possibilities have never been seriously explored epitomizes the Halifax way. Time to change that.