MB: City May Sue Province Over Rapid-Transit Holdback

July 5, 2018
The city-provincial dispute over rapid-transit funding has reached the stage where Main Street is threatening Broadway with legal action.

The city-provincial dispute over rapid-transit funding has reached the stage where Main Street is threatening Broadway with legal action.

Mayor Brian Bowman said Wednesday the City of Winnipeg has sent the Province of Manitoba a demand letter warning of potential legal action if Brian Pallister's Progressive Conservative government does not provide nearly $8 million worth of funding promised for the Southwest Transitway.

The mayor said the city is seeking about $8 million from the province as part of a deal the Pallister government signed to complete the city's first bus corridor and widen Pembina Highway at the Jubilee Avenue underpass.

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