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Next Green Line phase might only extend north to 64 Avenue, leaving advocates disappointed

An analysis of future Green Line staging options, scheduled to go before council’s transportation and transit committee Wednesday, outlines various possibilities for the direction of the project once its first stage is complete.
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The blueprint for the line called for it to go as far north as 160th Avenue N. and south to Seton once completed in its entirety, but the next step depends on available funding.

At $250 million to $400 million, the city says it could extend the line south by two stops from Shepard station to McKenzie Towne station.

With $400 million to $700 million to work with, a two-station extension north is possible, expanding the line from 16th Avenue N. to 40th Avenue N. That level of funding could also be used to extend the southern portion of the line by three stops, from Shepard station to Auburn Bay/Mahogany station.

Three options are on the table at a funding level of $700 million to $1 billion, including a four-station extension north from 16th Avenue N. to 64th Avenue N., or a five-stop extension south from Shepard to Seton station. The third option includes both the two-stop extension north from 16th Avenue N. to 40th Avenue N. and the three-stop extension south from Shepard to Auburn Bay/Mahogany station.
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