Today's announcement of a new $1-million rail link to divert trains from downtown Sault Ste. Marie could also eventually redirect 75-100 logging trucks a day from the core, Mayor John Rowswell said today.
Speaking at a news conference at the steel plant, Rowswell (shown) said that the traffic reconfiguration announced by Canadian National and Algoma Steel quite coincidentally lines up with the City's plan to build a truck route alongside the Huron Central tracks and up Hudson Street to Second Line. As a result, logging trucks could reach St. Marys Paper without going through the core, he said. The trucks could pass under an elevated portion of the new rail link, close to where it will join the bridge, and will then be able to enter the plant from the back.
The truck route is not expected to be completed until 2007.
To read an earlier SooToday.com article about the City's long-term plans for truck traffic, click here.
To read more about today's announcement from Canadian National and Algoma Steel, click here.
To see where the new, $1 million elevated connection will join the bridge, click here.
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