CN $250M Logistics Hub is cleared by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of Canada has enabled CN Rail’s $250-million logistics hub project in the Greater Toronto Area to proceed.

Canada’s highest court dismissed an appeal request designed to stop the massive development in Milton, Ont., the Canadian Press reported.

The project is located next to an exiting CN facility in Milton and designed to double the company’s rail capacity in the Halton region. It will house an inter-modal facility that transfers shipping containers to semi-trucks from trains in Milton.

Keeping with convention, the court did not explain its reasons for denying the appeal request. The rejection came after the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed a legal challenge intended scrap the project.

A three-judge Federal Court of Appeal panel’s unanimous ruling found that the federal government’s decision to let CN build the terminal despite significant adverse environmental effects was reasonable.

The Halton Region, its four municipalities and the Halton Region Conservation Authority took CN and Ottawa to court in an effort to overturn the federal government’s 2021 approval of the project.

By: Monte Stewart, Connect Canada Cre, Arthur T,