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Originally Posted by Mazrim
They're relevant because so much of the current discussion is about the earlier decisions made that set the scope and layout of the project. If these so-called obvious problems in the methodology of choosing the alignment type were so obvious, why didn't the province raise the red flag then?
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Because it previously resulted in an acceptable scope of delivery for the given price tag. The problem isn't the alignment itself, but the price...which clearly can't be resolved on this alignment as they've already drawn every possible ounce of blood from it.
The selected alignment can be justified as 'the best' for a whole bunch of valid reasons (that not everyone would agree on which is fine)...but cost and risk and deliverability were poorly weighted. It's hard to fathom how anyone could resort to appeal to authority at this point.
The UCP are clearly idiots. But that does not mean the city is infallible. The absolute best anyone can say in good faith is that the Lynnwood terminus is the least bad of awful choices.
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Originally Posted by Torture
Nah man, you can just write out a plan for a major transit system on a hockey forum in 3 minutes. Nothing to it.
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And the experts can spend 9 years and $2B without laying an inch of track. Many of the same experts who said in 2015 they could build 40kms for $4.5B opening on *checks calendar* next Thursday.