I read that as a property value drop only in the affected corridor, not the entire city property value which that last paragraph appears to insinuate. Perhaps a property value drop in that area is an acceptable expense compared to other more expensive construction alternatives.
I was on a train from the northeast Wednesday morning when this incident happened. We stopped at Marlborough (stop before Franklin) and the driver said there was a fatality ahead, so we'd be waiting. Then he came back on and said we could go as far as Franklin and get a shuttle.
I've been on C-train replacement shuttles for planned closures on the weekend and they're a nightmare. I figured unplanned ones at rush hour would be even worse. I was fortunate to make a quick decision to hop off the train at Marlborough and book a Lyft before a lot of people realized what was going on. Got an $8 ride across the city, thanks to a 75% off deal they offered me.
They described it as a "pedestrian fatality" at the Bridgeland station. How the hell does that happen? There's no at-grade crossing there.
It reportedly happened 100m East of the station. I don't think that adds any more clarity on what a pedestrian was doing there as there are 5-foot chain link fences on the outside of the roads in both directions. I've seen speculation it may have been a homeless person.
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It reportedly happened 100m East of the station. I don't think that adds any more clarity on what a pedestrian was doing there as there are 5-foot chain link fences on the outside of the roads in both directions. I've seen speculation it may have been a homeless person.
The fences don't go that far. I was looking out the window today to see if I could figure out where it happened and it looked just like small-ish concrete barriers along most of the track. You'd still need to jaywalk across Memorial Drive to get there though, which doesn't seem like a safe choice either.
It reportedly happened 100m East of the station. I don't think that adds any more clarity on what a pedestrian was doing there as there are 5-foot chain link fences on the outside of the roads in both directions. I've seen speculation it may have been a homeless person.
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Is there a homeless encampment along the river (pathway) there?
There are encampments all along the river in the downtown area. It's been common for me to see vagrants walking in the LRT ROW around the Bridgeland Station.
Anyone know what the story is at 44th Ave in the NE? Why is it still closed?
Last week a driver decided to ride the concrete barrier like a skateboard on a railing - and demolished a couple of signals cabinets that control the intersection and crossing protection. Based on my experience, those cabinets are pretty complex, so I suspect it's taking a lot of time to rebuild the cabinets and commission them.
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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.”
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.
Just learnt the AECOM consultants who designed the new alignment were paid $2.5 million.
That's $1.8M more than the province could have paid to get the original approved (including tunnel) alignment to Shepard. I said this would be the case.
So much for fiscal conservatism.
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I guess it could be worse(Western Standard) but still, of all the people to write this story you chose Rick I-don't-know-what-a-paragraph-is Bell? I guess it's on brand for having people who don't know how to do their own job do the job of communicating for the government.
Yeah, this is one where the devil is really in the details. I don't have a problem with going elevated down 10th and into the core, but the real question is how they get over the parkade at 9th and +30 at The Core.
Also, the quote from the idiot Dreeshen that it should go south to Seton before it goes north of 7th Ave just makes me glad that he'll be long gone before it gets to that point and we can hopefully have non-idiots making the decisions by then.
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