{"id":33237,"date":"2025-11-14T11:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/mark-carney-attends-launch-of-new-branch-of-montreal-area-light-rail-network\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T11:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:15:06","slug":"mark-carney-attends-launch-of-new-branch-of-montreal-area-light-rail-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/mark-carney-attends-launch-of-new-branch-of-montreal-area-light-rail-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Carney attends launch of new branch of Montreal-area light rail network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MONTREAL \u2014 Prime Minister Mark Carney is among the dignitaries attending the launch of the northwest expansion of a light rail project in the Montreal area.<\/p>\n<p>Carney and Premier Fran\u00e7ois Legault were among the first invited aboard to ride the Deux-Montagnes branch of the R\u00e9seau express m\u00e9tropolitain, or REM, before it opens to the public on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Carney described the REM as a sustainable and innovative project that can serve as an example of what is needed across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The new branch of the REM network includes 14 stations, three of which connect to the metro system.<\/p>\n<p>Once completed, the 67-kilometre REM network will have 26 stations and is scheduled to cost $9.4 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The final leg of the system, linking to Montr\u00e9al-Trudeau International Airport, is scheduled to open in 2027.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a92025 The Canadian Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/infrastructure\/2025\/11\/mark-carney-attends-launch-of-new-branch-of-montreal-area-light-rail-network\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] MONTREAL \u2014 Prime Minister Mark Carney is among the dignitaries attending the launch of the northwest expansion of a &#8230; <a title=\"Mark Carney attends launch of new branch of Montreal-area light rail network\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/mark-carney-attends-launch-of-new-branch-of-montreal-area-light-rail-network\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mark Carney attends launch of new branch of Montreal-area light rail network\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1037],"tags":[357,295],"class_list":["post-33237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-commercial-news","tag-blog","tag-technology","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}