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Originally Posted by Joborule
Who knows if the LRT would've been past University and Chinook, and we would have NE line if high costs stunted rapid development. And although for the West LRT would be better if it was fully tunneled from Westbrook to the end of the line, the costs would be so astronomical that it wouldn't exist still.
Compromises in design that at least accomplishes the goal of the project is acceptable if the results will come.
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This may be true, but then again maybe this city wouldn't have sprawled into such a suburban nightmare?
To your last sentence, I'm not sure anyone involved in this can see the forest for the trees anymore. Woolley put it best: they want to spend $5B+ on a train "from nowhere to nowhere".