The City of Calgary challenges the province's cost estimate for the Green Line LRT, claiming it's $1 billion higher.
The City of Calgary claims the province's revised alignment for the Green Line LRT will cost $7.5 billion, instead of the $6.2 billion previously suggested by provincial officials. City officials said $1.3 billion 'in known costs and risks' were not included in the work by AECOM , the third-party consultant the province hired to find a new downtown alignment. When factoring in those costs, the city believes the province’s proposed alignment from 7 Avenue to Shepard would cost $7.5 billion.
The province previously suggested its proposed alignment, which opts for an elevated route through the downtown core instead of tunnelling and extends at-grade further south to Shepard, could be achieved for $6.2 billion. That is the same budget as the city’s previous alignment, which included a downtown tunnel but only went as far south as Lynwood/Millican with five fewer stops due to cost concerns. However, further details of what is included in the $1.3 billion in 'missing' costs were limited, as AECOM’s report into its alignment remains confidential at the province’s request. 'We’ve been very clear that risk is a very real issue for our city, and we’ve been very clear that we think there’s errors with the numbers,’ Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek told reporters. 'We’re trying to be as transparent as we can in indicating what it is we need to discuss further.' Calgary city council spent much of the day Tuesday in a public and confidential briefing and debate over the province’s proposed plan for the Green Line LRT project, which was announced Friday
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