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Originally Posted by fotze
Isn't a large part of the difficulty that their legal rights to the land is older and stronger than that of the city? The rail companies are the largest landowners in the country and their legal team would make the city lawyers look like clowns.
That and environmental liabilities associated over the years. I know rail lines can and have had many old spills and nasty things over the years that would take years (or decades) to get sorted out legally.
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Regina just finished this process.
http://ckom.com/story/cp-rail-opens-...tion-hub/91757
The main driver though was increasing capacity for CP. the rail yards are the new site for reginas new stadium.