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Originally Posted by wooohooo
I read this in the Edmonton Journal and it was saying how Alberta being ultra conservative never does anything out of the ordinary. And comparing Calgary to Edmonton how formers infrastructure is vastly superior to the later.
Calgary took risks in building ahead the C-train to expand without a huge population to contend with. Edmonton waited and now they're suffering. Basically, build it now, and in time, it will be used well.
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1. Calgary's CTrain system has been built in stages over decades, a bullet train doesn't make sense to only be built to Red Deer initially. It has to be built all at once, present value that cash and it's a collossal waste of money.
2."out of the ordinary" expenditures are a good way to end up in the poor house. Until people who blow out thier ACL don't have to wait forever to get an MRI and treatment then there are more important things in the here and now to put money towards.
3. Isn't this 'out of the ordinary' type arguement just come from people who just want something cool built without much understanding to the economics behind it? There's a reason why it's out of the ordinary: It's fataing stupid. That kind of planning is better left to the Montreal government that seems to have endless white elephant 'out of the ordinary' infrastructure items built all the while vital infrastructure lies crumbling in a heap of ruins.