Bell is so special. He gets to reveal the new Green Line alignment from the province.
https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/co...councils-court
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Calgary, you have your new Green Line LRT.
Like it, lump it. It’s now up to Calgary city council to say Yes or No.
“It’s all up to city council,” says Devin Dreeshen, transportation boss in the Premier Danielle Smith UCP government.
“If they don’t approve it, the work and the project and the alignment will be on a shelf and perhaps a new city council would support it and want to see it happen.”
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Shepard to 7th Ave. Elevated from 'Grand Central Station' to 7th Ave via 10th Ave and 2nd St SW.
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There will now be LRT service in the Beltline.
The price tag is still $6.2 billion, of which the province is kicking in about $1.7 billion. There will be no additional funds required from taxpayers.
The AECOM consultants who designed this alignment were paid $2.5 million.
There will be no tunnelling downtown. Period. Full stop. The provincial government says that’s a saving of $1 billion-plus, enabling an extension of the line from the previous city plan.
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