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Originally Posted by accord1999
But even with the river crossing, it's still a substantial cost to just reach Panorama Hills. Livingston/Carrington are too new to justify having rail service (it doesn't even have real bus service) and doesn't have the pull of a major hospital like Seton does. The developers have probably calculated that the only likely chance of the Green Line reaching new communities is through a prioritization of the SE.
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Greenfield developments are gonna take a very long time to get to with the current phasing of the greenline. Since it seems pretty clear from the language of councillors and the administration that phase 2 is going to be primarily focused on north extension. And there's a long distance to go until they get to an area that's greenfield development ready.
Even if funding for phase 2 came in on Monday, it'll probably be at best an extension to Beddington and McKenzie Towne. But the greenline has the advantage of being a TOD friendly line; especially along the northern leg. But it is costlier than undeveloped land - both in money and time. Calgary's development market isn't heavily influenced to focus on infill, and redevelopment projects still. But perhaps financial incentives can be put in place to make it more attractive.