{"id":7584,"date":"2017-10-31T13:37:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T17:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=7584"},"modified":"2017-10-31T13:41:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T17:41:19","slug":"imminent-closure-of-huron-central-rail-will-put-hundreds-of-algoma-area-jobs-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/31\/imminent-closure-of-huron-central-rail-will-put-hundreds-of-algoma-area-jobs-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Imminent closure of Huron Central Rail will put hundreds of Algoma area jobs at risk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oct 31, 2017 @ 13:37<\/b><\/p>\n

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On Tuesday, Algoma- Manitoulin NDP MPP Michael Mantha renewed the NDP commitment to keep Huron Central Railway rolling in order to save jobs in the Sault and Algoma region and said the Wynne Liberals need to stand up and do the same quickly. Huron Central warns that they will have to cease short rail operations between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury if funding isn\u2019t secured this week from the Liberal government to upgrade and repair the line — putting thousands of good northern jobs at risk.<\/p>\n

The Huron Central Railway rail line is critical for steelmaker Algoma to get its products to market.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Liberal government is forcing the Huron Central to cease operations, putting railway employees out of work and threatening thousands of steelworker jobs in the North,\u201d said Mantha. \u201cNew Democrats will fight to prevent this from happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Huron Central Railway travels from Sault Ste. Marie to Sudbury, with 64 percent of its customer business originating in the Sault. Its biggest job is moving the Algoma plant\u2019s products to market, although it also carries products from the Domtar paper mill and the EACOM sawmill. Without the railway, Algoma and other manufacturing jobs \u2013 and the economy of the region \u2013 will be in serious jeopardy.<\/p>\n

Huron Central Railway executives warn that they will cease to operate the line if they do not receive funding for rail upgrades and repairs. First announced in May, New Democrats have committed to $4 million in each of five years to rehabilitate and maintain Huron Central\u2019s infrastructure should they form the government in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile Wynne continues to let down northern families, the Conservatives haven\u2019t even bothered to try to save Huron Central and the jobs that go with it. We\u2019ve always known that Conservatives don\u2019t invest in infrastructure, and their failure to commit to Huron Central proves we can expect more of the same from Patrick Brown.<\/p>\n

Northern families can count on New Democrats to stand up for northern jobs\u2014we will keep the Huron Central rolling and protect the jobs that go along with it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oct 31, 2017 @ 13:37 On Tuesday, Algoma- Manitoulin NDP MPP Michael Mantha renewed the NDP commitment to keep Huron Central Railway rolling in order to save jobs in the Sault and Algoma region and said the Wynne Liberals need to stand up and do the same quickly. Huron Central warns that they will have …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[956],"class_list":["post-7584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-huron-central-railway"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 01:59:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7585,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7584\/revisions\/7585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}