A letter from Alberta's transportation minister to Calgary's mayor makes it clear the province won't provide additional dollars to the Green Line LRT project, but it also says the city has to integrate the new CTrain line into the Master Rail Plan.
A letter from Alberta's transportation minister to Calgary's mayor makes it clear the province won't provide additional dollars to the Green Line LRT project, but it also says the city has to integrate the new CTrain line into the province's master rail plan.
"Secondly, the provincial funding is contingent on the City's Green Line being fully integrated with the province's recently announced master rail plan which is scheduled to for release next year," the letter continues. "So it's inevitable that that the costs will escalate," said Andre Chabot, the councillor for Ward 10.
"If it needs to be re-scoped, so that they can do it within their budget, then we would expect them to do so," she added.
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