Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, shown here at a conservative political event in Ottawa in April, has hyped to her provincial members expanding the province's bill of rights.
The premier says she's committed to Calgary's multi-billion dollar Green Line light rail transit project, but as it was originally envisioned, and is concerned the line is getting shorter while its budget is getting bigger.Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, shown here at a conservative political event in Ottawa in April, made her first public comments on the Green Line since the province pulled its funding.
"It would cost $20 billion to build that entire line at the per kilometre rate we're seeing now. That is the kind of project that could bankrupt a city," said Smith in Lloydminster, Sask.The premier was making her first public comments on the Green Line since Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen announced last week the province will pull its $1.53 billion in funding from the $6.2-billion transit project if the city doesn't change course.
Smith, like Dreeshen, said the province is opposed to tunnelling underground for downtown stops as per the latest city plans. Her government also wants to see the rail line go farther into south Calgary. He declined to say whether the province would backstop liabilities for delayed or cancelled contracts.
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