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Go Elevated or try for Underground?

  • Work with the province and go with the Elevated option

    Votes: 13 68.4%

  • Try another approach and go for Underground option

    Votes: 5 26.3%

  • Cancel it altogether

    Votes: 1 5.3%
  • Total voters
    19
Surrealplaces said:
Between Harvard's track record which consists mainly of building a handful of forgettable office buildings in Regina and the Green Line's projected finish of 2072, there isn't much reason to be optimistic.

Honestly, I'd rather see the mall stay until the Green Line is u/c or Harvard actually plans to build something.
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I've said it before and I will say it again - Harvard Developments, if you are reading this, please consider selling this site to CMLC or Truman
 
Surrealplaces said:
Between Harvard's track record which consists mainly of building a handful of forgettable office buildings in Regina and the Green Line's projected finish of 2072, there isn't much reason to be optimistic.

Honestly, I'd rather see the mall stay until the Green Line is u/c or Harvard actually plans to build something.
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To be fair Q2 2024 is when construction is supposed to start, and the mall will have to go to dig out the station.
 
I've always been really curious how 2nd St SW was chosen, and why it has never been reconsidered when seeking cost reductions (though 10 vs 11 vs 12 Ave and grade has always had a lot more discussion). I have a sad feeling that the reasoning is as simple as 'it wouldn't lose any traffic lanes', but I've always thought 1st St SW had a ton of advantages over 2nd St.

I've never been able to find any reports on the early days of deciding the N-S downtown alignment...does anyone know if these options were ever public? Can anyone tell me why they are taking the challenge of tunnelling under the Lewis Stationary building and ripping an eyesore through PIP when 1st St looks so much easier/cheaper?


This is another interesting alternative; not sure if it was ever considered seriously. I think missing the beltline would be a big loss, but they offer some other strong arguments (and we're barely touching the beltline as it is)
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Gray & Lester: Propose New Green Line Alignment for Downtown Calgary — Every Day Tourist

Calgary professionals sent a letter to Calgary Mayor Nenshi asking Council to reconsider the proposed transit alignment of the Green Line that would save 1.8B.
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I assume 2 St SW is more centrally located and was selected before the NCLRT was combined with the SE and no longer branching off the blue line to run up Nose Creek.

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2nd St was a compromise. At the time the alignment was being considered the City did a study that showed the highest concentration of jobs downtown was along 4th St and so that was seen as the ideal alignment to put transit riders closest to the bulk of the jobs. Once 4th St was chosen as the ideal alignment they started looking at soil conditions for tunneling and they realized 4th St was going to be extremely problematic and so 2nd St was chosen as it was the furthest west they could get the alignment without creating a large construction risk due to soil conditions.
 
outoftheice said:
2nd St was a compromise. At the time the alignment was being considered the City did a study that showed the highest concentration of jobs downtown was along 4th St and so that was seen as the ideal alignment to put transit riders closest to the bulk of the jobs. Once 4th St was chosen as the ideal alignment they started looking at soil conditions for tunneling and they realized 4th St was going to be extremely problematic and so 2nd St was chosen as it was the furthest west they could get the alignment without creating a large construction risk due to soil conditions.
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And yet the soil conditions are still prettty bad.
 
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