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Originally Posted by Joborule
Why would it take 3 years to start after all the studies they've done up to this point?
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Because the horizontal alignment and vertical alignments were only fully approved recently in the area where there isn't reserved right of way. The right of way is reserved past Beddington Trail.
This is why having that Nose Creek alignment until only recently was so damaging, and why having a well thought out long-term transit plan is so important. In the times that there isn't funding or something else is getting built, the City can buy up properties strategically to lessen the work when it comes time to actually build.
A perfect example is the old Brick store property on the SE corner of 16th Avenue and Centre Street. It was purchased as part of the 16th Avenue improvement (widening) project 10 years ago, the building demolished and then the remaining land sold off, and then only a few years later, the Green Line alignment was chosen through that area, and that property would be a really strategic one to have now.