{"id":44994,"date":"2018-02-21T08:07:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T13:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=44994"},"modified":"2018-02-21T10:37:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T15:37:49","slug":"what-would-it-take-to-make-commuting-by-rail-to-muskoka-a-reality-lucille-frith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/what-would-it-take-to-make-commuting-by-rail-to-muskoka-a-reality-lucille-frith\/","title":{"rendered":"What would it take to make commuting by rail to Muskoka a reality? ~ Lucille Frith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What does the NOMTS (Northern Ontario Multimodal Transportation Strategy) report mean to Muskoka residents, businesses and visitors? The answer can be found at the end of this article!<\/p>\n<p>I live in Muskoka, but do I live in the \u2018north\u2019? Ask Muskokans if they live in the \u2018north\u2019 and I\u2019ll bet the majority would answer yes. And to understand how we need to move forward to reinstate passenger rail in Muskoka, we need to understand what the &#8216;north&#8217; is.<\/p>\n<p>Are we in the &#8216;north\u2019? Good question. Regardless of what we in Muskoka think \u2014 the government of Ontario isn\u2019t sure \u2014 Parry Sound is in the North \u2014 Norm Miller\u2019s riding is Parry Sound\u2013Muskoka as is Tony Clement\u2019s. But Tony\u2019s riding includes Muskoka when it comes to funding from FEDNOR (the Federal EDC for Northern Ontario) and the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC). The Ontario Tourism District RTO 12 includes Muskoka, Parry Sound and the Algonquin Park region. The park is actually in the unorganized south part of Nipissing District and not part of RTO 13AB&amp;C which includes Northern Ontario. The Growth Plan for Northern Ontario and the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation define Northern Ontario as all areas north of, and including, the districts of Parry Sound and Nipissing for political purposes, while the federal government, but not the provincial, also includes the District of Muskoka. Are you confused yet?<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>The provincial electoral district includes Parry Sound\u2013Muskoka. Does Norm split his vote for Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) projects when half of his district is not included in Northern Ontario? Ten per cent of MPPs in Ontario are responsible for 90 per cent of the geography (NORTH) and 90 per cent of MPPs manage 10 per cent of the geography (SOUTH). Interesting? Everything north of Severn Bridge (where the Canadian Shield begins) faces unique challenges (think rocks, trees and water and no grid roads), which require a different approach from the rest of the province. That also means that those 90 per cent of MPPs are quite possibly unaware of the unique challenges requiring a different approach from their small jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>Soon the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines will release the $2.2 million multimodal transportation strategy (NOMTS) report. This report, a 25-year study\/plan for transportation modes, includes Parry Sound but not Muskoka as part of Northern Ontario\u2019s study area. So where does that leave Muskoka, especially when discussing passenger rail service? Both Tony and Norm should be helping their constituents get connected by rail to Southern Ontario. Remember that the majority of the old Northlander\u2019s passengers got on or off between Toronto and North Bay, so basically Gravenhurst, Bracebridge and Huntsville stations. The GO line through Richmond Hill is the old \u2018Northlander\u2019 line.<\/p>\n<p>What would it take to make commuting by rail to Muskoka a reality? It requires <strong>POLITICAL WILL<\/strong> \u2013 both provincially and federally. The Government of Ontario would need to mandate the service and the Government of Canada would need to reinstate their financial support (was $2.5 M in 2011) to rent the CN track from Toronto to North Bay as ONTC (Ontario Northland Transportation Commission) owns only the track north of North Bay.<\/p>\n<p>The NOMTS report, following direction of the Growth Plan for Northern Ontario (March 3, 2011), is to develop a long-term strategy to create a more integrated transportation infrastructure system for air, rail, road and water. And part of that plan was to create a (<strong>5.3) A Multimodal Transportation system \u2013 <\/strong><em>\u201c<\/em><em>The transportation system within Northern Ontario will be planned and managed with an emphasis on opportunities to a) optimize the capacity, efficiency and safety of the <u>existing<\/u> transportation system.\u201d <\/em>Well, well. The existing system in 2011 was the old \u2018Northlander\u2019 train and the NOMTS study did not really discuss passenger rail in Northern Ontario! So much for what is written in reports!<\/p>\n<p>All rail lines in Ontario connecting east, north, south and west come through Muskoka so the outcome of the NOMTS report will impact Muskoka, whether we were included in the discussions or not!<\/p>\n<p><strong>If<\/strong> Northern Ontario is mandated to provide passenger rail service, Muskoka will benefit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If not<\/strong>, Muskoka will be on their own to approach another carrier (Metrolinx, VIA or private provider) with a solid business plan for passenger rail service, showcasing the same opportunities southern Ontario already enjoys in government invested public transportation (think Metrolinx, GO, VIA).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-45048\" style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2018\/02\/Facebook-picture-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2018\/02\/Facebook-picture-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2018\/02\/Facebook-picture-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2018\/02\/Facebook-picture.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lucille Frith is a Huntsville resident and a spokesperson for the Northeastern Ontario Rail Network  (<a href=\"http:\/\/neornpassengertrains.ca\/\"><span class=\"s2\">neornpassengertrains.ca<\/span><\/a>) and the Committee Promoting Muskoka Rail Travel (<a href=\"http:\/\/gorailnorth.ca\/\"><span class=\"s2\">gorailnorth.ca<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does the NOMTS (Northern Ontario Multimodal Transportation Strategy) report mean to Muskoka residents, businesses and visitors? 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