[McMack]

WTH, Joe?

Ald. Joe Connelly proposed three amendments during the debate, which began Monday evening and lasted more than three hours.
He asked council to divert $94 million from the city's rainy day fund to pay for burying the tracks at 45th Street and 17th Avenue, so emergency vehicles from fire, paramedic and police stations there don't have to manoeuvre around the tracks.
"The bottom line is the public wants it buried, I want it buried, my community presidents want it buried," he said earlier on Monday. "Even their own report that came from the engineering firm that was developed in October 2007, even in there it's very clear, it's very clear it should be buried based on that."

To save on costs, he also suggested shortening the route to stop just west of Sarcee Trail.

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