Investors from Canada, the USA and an Eastern European nation that wishes not to be named are gathering to give Halifax its first tram-car system since 1948.
Negotiations with Emera for access to overhead power lines proved unsuccessful, so we have partnered with an alternate provider who shall deliver green, reliable electricity to power our CLRV cars through a network of alternating current overhead lines (OL) that, in future, could accomodate trolleybuses or hovercraft.
Many thanks to the unionized steelworkers who helped us lay down the track network over the past year. The economic downturn gave us an unprecedented opportunity to employ some of Atlantic Canada's finest metal-forging professionals at a terrific price. We're sure they're having second thoughts now that the network will be used to provide an alternate service to that provided by their brothers and sisters in the labour movement, but their hard work is appreciated.
The Halifax Streetcar Conglomerate (HSC) also extends its gratitude to the City of Halifax, particularly Public Works. The construction of the sub-asphalt rail network would have been utterly impossible had the road surface been entirely intact. As much as drivers of old-fashioned automobiles don't like potholes, they make tearing up the street for track installation as effortless as a pitbull tearing through a piece of store-brand paper towel soaked in warm orange juice. Without the City's cooperation, this would not have been possible.
Thanks also go out to Local 508 of the Amalgamated Transit Union. *wink* Say no more. We won't say if you won't.
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