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Originally Posted by Joborule
The only thing to me from that evaluation that would make the NCLRT/SELRT unpalatable is how would the NC terminus in downtown actually fit on centre street by 7th Ave? The proposed two car length stations I feel wouldn't be able to fit the N/S blocks along that area. Closing off an entire major E-W road there is a deal-breaker. I'm okay with the green line being on ground crossing MacLeod in the Beltline since it doesn't close the road, but closing 6th Ave at Centre? Nah. So they would have to tunnel/elevate still.
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The practical answer is shallow cut/cover from 4th-7th. Presumably that would be comparable or cheaper than a separate bridge over the Bow, but more disruptive in the short term.
Just another example of preference seeking by not spelling that out a bit more.
Options B2 and C2 are similar in terms of elevated along the beltline, but not crossing the tracks into the core...even though it is $500M cheaper than the preferred option...where that $500M could have been used to resolve the [intentional] drawbacks of that alignment