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Originally Posted by FlameOn
Infrastructure projects need long term planning and funding certainty. Neither of which has existed in any form with this projects run by this party. We just need to look at the initial delays to Greenline before this cancellation. The UCP delayed the project for two years last time just because of a golf course back room conversation between
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It was delayed at most by 13 months, the time between Calgary approved the 2020 revised plan on June 16, 2020 (due to the Bow River tunnel being too expensive) and when Alberta (and Canada) approved it on July 8 2021.
But that ignores at that same time, a new Green Line board was being setup to take over-sight duties, the previous managing director left and a new CEO wasn't onboarded until August 2021.
And even after Alberta's approval, the constructor wasn't selected until April 2023 who still needed 16 months for the design work. The reality is that the Green Line was never ready for construction as early as Nenshi now claims it was.