Huron Central warns that they will have to cease short rail operations between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury if funding isn’t secured this week from the Liberal government to upgrade and repair the line — putting thousands of jobs at risk.
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 local region and said the Wynne Liberals need to stand up and do the same quickly.
The Huron Central Railway travels from Sault Ste. Marie to Sudbury, with 64 per cent of the its’ customer business originating in the Sault.
Its biggest job is moving the Algoma Steel plant’s products to market, although it also carries products from the Domtar paper mill in Espanola and the EACOM saw mill in Nairn Centre.
Mantha adds without the railway, Algoma and other manufacturing jobs – and the economy of the region – will be in serious jeopardy