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Originally Posted by SebC
Those stations to me are precisely what's wrong with the LRT expansion philosophy in Calgary. Who does the Saddletown station benefit, apart from people who live in Saddletown? We should be working on SE/NC line, 8th Ave Subway before we build line segments that will have relatively low ridership (unless, of course, those Saddletown residents are paying for their station primarily by themselves, but they're not).
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This city is heavily criticized for not planning ahead and doing things when they should've been done earlier. The NE region of the city is going to heavily expand this decade. While Saddletown station isn't needed now, it's probably going to be needed in the near future to support residence beyond Saddleridge (which would warrant future NE Line expansion). So it's nice to see things like this being built ahead of time. Besides, it's not like this project is holding back the SE Line or 8th Ave Subway.