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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
There are plenty of reasons to hate on Chu but I don't understand this comment? Chu has been a strong advocate and proponent for the green line in the north as far as I can remember. Are you suggesting that Chu is holding back a viable north green line?
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
You are kidding, right?
https://www.projectcalgary.org/chu_is_mia_greenlineyyc
https://web.archive.org/web/20171018...the_green_line
Chu did #### all to advocate for the north to get the green line over the south, despite it being identified before the west line as the priority. We may be looking at an entirely different plan of Chu had actually done one ####ing thing in his life to actually earn his pay. Instead the south had strong advocacy and pushed through the project while we had a useless tit doing nothing.
Man, no wonder we have such ####ty politicians. Facts don't actually matter. |
Chu ACTIVELY was against the Green Line extending North when he first ran (2013). As others have already touched on, Chu is likely 50% of the reason why the Green line is going South first, and not North.
Keating fought hard for the Green line coming to his riding - Chu actively worked against the green line coming to his riding. That made it near certain that the green line was heading south first - to where it had councillor support.
Had Chu been in favour - the first direction for the green line likely goes to a evaluation of which way is better, and the North side may have won that (no doubt the north direction serves more ridership, whereas the SE allows for more ridership growth).