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[MichaelS]

I thought it was already well understood that the $4.9 billion price tag didn't include the City's borrowing costs? Well, I guess that will be debated and discussed when it goes to Council next Monday now:

Green Line LRT: Calgary city councillors raise red flags over escalating costs - Calgary | Globalnews.ca

The councillors plan to voice their concerns at a June 15 city council meeting.

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Another question someone here might no, at the committee meeting it came out that the City has already spent $543 million on planning and enabling works. Is this part of the cost of the $4.9 billion, or is it on top of it?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1267925773320630279

 

[UrbanWarrior]

That’s why it would be so stupid, almost disastrous for the project to be shelved.

On Monday, an alternative Centre-City plan will go before council as well. I like the idea in some ways, but it should only be considered if it includes an extension of the SE phase one to Mahogany Station, or at least McKenzie Station at worst. Now that the line has been neutered going over the river and haphazardly swooping onto one of the busiest bridges in the province, there’s no point in going north until we can do it right.

 

[Mountain Man]

Just build the LRT, as much underground as possible. The longer we delay, the more expensive it will get to build.

 

[outoftheice]

I thought it was already well understood that the $4.9 billion price tag didn't include the City's borrowing costs? Well, I guess that will be debated and discussed when it goes to Council next Monday now:

Green Line LRT: Calgary city councillors raise red flags over escalating costs - Calgary | Globalnews.ca

The councillors plan to voice their concerns at a June 15 city council meeting.

globalnews.ca

Another question someone here might no, at the committee meeting it came out that the City has already spent $543 million on planning and enabling works. Is this part of the cost of the $4.9 billion, or is it on top of it?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1267925773320630279

It's part of the $4.9 billion project capital cost

 

[Sky of Blue]

Just start already. Any part. I’m gonna run out of lifespan waiting at this rate. How many decades do we discuss this further?

 

[Silence&Motion]

Now that the line has been neutered going over the river and haphazardly swooping onto one of the busiest bridges in the province, there’s no point in going north until we can do it right.

Why is it "haphazard"? Seems like a good plan to me. The centre street bridge will be reduced to two lanes one way or the other to make room for the BRT. Running an LRT along Centre Street North would be a HUGE improvement to the area. It would turn suburban-style thoroughfare with a few struggling strip malls into one of the premier main streets in the city.

 

[darwink]

Traffic counts of various bridges. The Centre Street Bridge upper deck isn't even the busiest 4 lane bridge crossing the river.

 

[Dārayavauš]

Second poll shows majority support for Calgary's Green Line project - LiveWire Calgary

As the Green Line is set for debate this week, a new poll from a Calgary group shows two-thirds of those polled support the $5.5 billion project. The poll, conducted by Project Calgary, a group in favour of the current Stage 1 alignment, shows that 67.8 per cent of Calgarians surveyed support...

livewirecalgary.com

Here is hoping that City Council votes the right way later today!

 

[Mountain Man]

I have a bad feeling about this...

 

[MichaelS]

Greenline debate/discussion and vote will start at 3:45 PM on Tuesday, June 16th. There is a big agenda for the Council meeting, so they have scheduled it for this specific time slot to make it easier for everyone to tune in for it.

 

[Mountain Man]

Please build it as is, penny pinching conservatives are the reason the current lines wait in freakin traffic! Spend the money now and build it properly!!

 

[Dārayavauš]

Please build it as is, penny pinching conservatives are the reason the current lines wait in freakin traffic! Spend the money now and build it properly!!

Preaching to the choir! But yes. I am sure they will build it now.

 

[ByeByeBaby]

Traffic counts of various bridges. The Centre Street Bridge upper deck isn't even the busiest 4 lane bridge crossing the river.

That depends on what metric you use. It isn't the busiest by cars, but it actually is the busiest route into the downtown in terms of numbers of people.

(More details on my blog including a figure with the major transit and active routes.)

Anyways, good luck to the Green Line. Don't let the old boys club kill it now that they have their cash out of the common purse for their event arenas and the like.

 

[UrbanWarrior]

 

[GoVertical]

Calgary approves $5.5B Green Line transit project - LiveWire Calgary

Calgary has taken a giant leap forward in city mobility with the approval of the $5.5 billion Green Line transit project. City councillors approved administration’s revised alignment proposal 14-1 after years of planning and preparation along with wrangling and division on council. Coun. Jeromy...

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