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Originally Posted by acottawa
It can’t be true that the project is in a relatively advanced stage of planning and Alto doesn’t have much information themselves. Based on the bits and pieces coming out they seem to have basically started from scratch and no useful work had been done in the previous decade. Now they are looking more seriously at the geography of the region. But if that is the case, the timelines they are putting forward for start of construction are likely unrealistic.
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You're making a lot of assumptions. Zero chance they got to where they are without absorbing the work done by the HFR Office before. Most of the basic studies take longer than the time between Alto's creation and the launch of consultation. Pretty clear they mostly switched hats and a few managers and just kept working. Most likely the consortium (with experience) identified gaps and redid some modeling. But the public service team is definitely mostly the same.
I'm also not sure why you think their schedule is unrealistic. The barriers here are mostly regulatory. If the feds sweep them away, things move faster. That's true of more than just rail.
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