The provincial government's decision to scrap previous plans to double the city's share of gas tax funding means Ottawa will lose $1 billion for its mass transit plans over the next 30 years. The city was counting on the additional money to help pay for its long-term transit plans, including the LRT Stage 2 expansion, approved by council last month. Liberal promiseCurrently, municipalities receive two cents per litre of the gas tax collected by the province. Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod says she's a big proponent of Ottawa's light rail transit project. Earlier concernsAt a special council meeting February to discuss the $4.66-billion LRT Stage 2 project, Coun.

Source: CBC News April 12, 2019 21:46 UTC