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Originally Posted by GirlySports
But infrastructure and major events go hand in hand right? If we didn't have the Olympics, would we have a C-Train? If Calgary had won the bid for EXPO 2005 we would have had a full ring-road 10 years ago. Even the WEST LRT might have been done already.
If Vancouver didn't get the Olympics, would the road to Whister have ever been expanded?
Major events speeds up everything!
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To the bolded, yes, but likely not much of one. Hack off one or maybe even two of the existing three lines. The south line was planned, constructed, and opened prior to winning the bid. It would still exist if there were no Olympics, and probably one other line, but not 3.