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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1975
THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS ENVISAGED THAT, AS THE INITIAL DEBT WAS CALCULATED, THE CORPORATION WOULD DRAW DOWN SUMS FROM THE MASS TRANSIT FUND TO REIMBURSE THE GOVERNMENT.
UNDER THE BILL, THE CORPORATION WILL NOT BE EXEMPTED FROM TAXES AND RATES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THERE WERE NO OVERRIDING REASONS JUSTIFYING EXEMPTION, EXCEPT AS A MEASURE TO HELP THE CORPORATION
+INDEED, HE SAID, OVERCOME ITS INITIAL CASH FLOW DIFFICULTIES. +TO EXEMPT ANY ENTERPRISE ON THIS BASIS WOULD BE MOST INADVISABLE BECAUSE IT WOULD ERODE THE GOVERNMENT'S FISCAL POLICIES AND WOULD CREATE AN UNDESIRABLE PRECEDENT FOR OTHER DEVELOPING ENTERPRISES.+
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILWAY WOULD CAUSE SOME DEGREE OF UNAVOIDABLE DISRUPTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT HE ASSURED THE PUBLIC THAT THE CONTRACTS WOULD RESTRICT CERTAIN TYPES OF PILING TO PARTICULAR HOURS AND WOULD LIMIT NOISE, INCONVENIENCE AND OTHER FORMS OF DISRUPTION AT EVERY SITE TO TOLERABLE LEVELS. TO ALLOW NIGHT WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT, HOWEVER, THE BILL WILL EXEMPT THE CORPORATION FROM THE OPERATIONS OF THE GENERAL LAW OF NUISANCE.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD ONLY HAVE REMEDY AGAINST NUISANCE CAUSED BY CONSTRUCTION IF THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVE THAT EITHER THE WORKS WERE NOT AUTHORISED OR THAT NEGLIGENCE WAS INVOLVED. IN THESE CASES, THEY COULD APPLY TO THE COURTS FOR A CEASE-WORK ORDER.
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