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Originally Posted by Joborule
I'm in the minority where I'm actually on the pronvince's side in regards to the green line. After over a decade of back and forth in new plans that are more expensive, and provide less track just to accommodate the downtown subway, enough was enough and the pivot to Plan B had to happen. The value wasn't there for the last subway iteration in comparison to alternatives (same alignment but elevated) that were never truly considered.
I'm not a fan of how we got to that point, and Smith/UCP bullied the city into it, but ultimately the city ignored the red flags that have been popping up over the duration of this project, and not prepare for an alternative plan if the value of the subway could no longer be deemed feasible.
They had tunnel vision (pun intended). It was that or nothing.
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Yeah, I'm not saying their plan was optimal (imo they should have gone North first) as there was much better ridership on the "near downtown" leg) but the ucp plan is bad as well.
We needed someone who could negotiate with the province, not just say we want more money for our current plan.