ahuch
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An opinion piece, no less. Ridiculous lol
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HudsonA08
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So it cost 2.5 million to decide on a route anyone with Google Maps could see was the easiest route to take??? It does make sense though and hits the provinces requirements.
CalgaryTiger
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From the opinion piece, sent out as a UCP news release:
Coming out of the Grand Central station the train will then be elevated and pretty well go straight west along 10 Ave. S.
Dreeshen says going this route choice will affect some parking but of all the Beltline streets 10 Ave. S. is the least congested.
At 2 St. S.W. the train will curve north to meet the Red and Blue LRT lines at 7 Ave. S.W.
My side note, whomever is moving from Palliser One into Palliser South will have a great view of the Guideway. And the guy who lives in the apartment on the southside of 10th at Centre should be able to give us regular guideway updates.
A station at 10th and 1st isn't the worst, especially with 1st developing residential like it is. Really though, as a rider why wouldn't you just walk a couple blocks more to be downtown or to "Grand Central" anyways? Not sure who lives in the beltline and will train to Shepard? Also sounds like going further south is priority 1 for the province, not going north. City better get to work on that bus lane and BRT for Centre Street.
Coming out of the Grand Central station the train will then be elevated and pretty well go straight west along 10 Ave. S.
Dreeshen says going this route choice will affect some parking but of all the Beltline streets 10 Ave. S. is the least congested.
At 2 St. S.W. the train will curve north to meet the Red and Blue LRT lines at 7 Ave. S.W.
My side note, whomever is moving from Palliser One into Palliser South will have a great view of the Guideway. And the guy who lives in the apartment on the southside of 10th at Centre should be able to give us regular guideway updates.
A station at 10th and 1st isn't the worst, especially with 1st developing residential like it is. Really though, as a rider why wouldn't you just walk a couple blocks more to be downtown or to "Grand Central" anyways? Not sure who lives in the beltline and will train to Shepard? Also sounds like going further south is priority 1 for the province, not going north. City better get to work on that bus lane and BRT for Centre Street.
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Joborule
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Should've been the alignment since 2021 when costs skyrocketed. At least they've made the obvious choice. Goes to the core of downtown, and preserves NCLRT extension.
No more delays. Get to work.
I can imagine living in Beltline and taking this train to Inglewood or the Crossroads market.
There's also a small but growing cluster of tech offices near 1 St in Beltline, like Google Cloud, IBM, Cisco, RSA. Not like a ton of jobs, but it could evolve into something.
darwink
Senior Member
If the Green Line Board / Team had felt they could make changes like this, I believe they would. We do see later that the Board and Execs decided they were bound by Council's previous decisions. Internally, it could mean exactly that, or that the Mayor's office made the call that it was better to advocate for the truncated tunnel versus the larger elevated option.
CalgaryTiger
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The breweries will be impossible to find a seat in. Is Ol' Beautiful rebuilding? I saw they have created a temporary space.
I assume they'll be integrating the 7th Ave stop into the +15 and +25? here. Should make for a very urban metropolis station
Closest WB station is a block east of here and across 7th Ave. So, on second thought I wonder if they go over the +15 and +25 and put the stop here. Not just because of the WB station thing but because it bridges 7th Ave...
I think it should stop south of 7th, don't see much point in going a block north, not sure its worth it.
HudsonA08
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Province delivers new Green Line plan for Calgary - LiveWire Calgary
The Government of Alberta has put forth its plan for a southeast Calgary transit line, including an elevated entry into the city’s downtown. The province announced the details Friday morning in a news release to the media. Back in July, after a series of events that led to the province refusing...
livewirecalgary.com
"Calgary city council has also not seen the details, according to several councillors. City admin had apparently not seen the AECOM report before the province released details.
“We have not received the AECOM report before (Minister) Dreeshan ran to (Postmedia columnist) Rick Bell,” wrote Ward 8 Coun. Courtney Walcott via text."
CallmeCatbread
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Jeez that is disgusting behaviour by the province. Any excitement I feel for the green line is tempered by the garbage politicking that's going on.Province delivers new Green Line plan for Calgary - LiveWire Calgary
The Government of Alberta has put forth its plan for a southeast Calgary transit line, including an elevated entry into the city’s downtown. The province announced the details Friday morning in a news release to the media. Back in July, after a series of events that led to the province refusing...
"Calgary city council has also not seen the details, according to several councillors. City admin had apparently not seen the AECOM report before the province released details.
“We have not received the AECOM report before (Minister) Dreeshan ran to (Postmedia columnist) Rick Bell,” wrote Ward 8 Coun. Courtney Walcott via text."
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
Problem is, there is nothing that can stop them. I want to be mad but there's no point.
The brown stain on the tip of Rick Bell's nose stinks.
A competent opposition better make their arrogance stick come election time. See if they can survive that long when Donald does whatever he's going to do and Trudeau can't be blamed, Danielle can't throw punches at ghosts.
Glad the high-level plan is out there. Dying to know the details but it sounds like so is the City. Haha.
The brown stain on the tip of Rick Bell's nose stinks.
A competent opposition better make their arrogance stick come election time. See if they can survive that long when Donald does whatever he's going to do and Trudeau can't be blamed, Danielle can't throw punches at ghosts.
Glad the high-level plan is out there. Dying to know the details but it sounds like so is the City. Haha.
kora
Active Member
At this point, I would raise the budget and extend it to Seton. Make it a proper line that will actually serve a lot of people
lemongrab
Active Member
I'm hopeful that this keeps options open to get to grade just north of 4th and run straight up Centre, but unlikely since they've insisted on the N-S street with the most +15s
lemongrab
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Trudeau's Dad is still a boogeyman here, so I think we've got at least another 5 decades of hearing about Trudeau Jr.
UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
Wow, so even with all the "savings", they're keeping the terminus at Shepard, and we lose Eau Claire Station...
darwink
Senior Member
It can stay elevate the entire stretch. This entirely leaves options open. Even better, it might socialize the idea of elevated, meaning we get elevated until north of 16th Ave N, a superior outcome.