Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has expressed her concerns regarding the alignment of Calgary's Green Line LRT, particularly its northern leg. While the first phase of the project has been delayed due to cost overruns, Smith suggests using an existing CP rail line from Deerfoot Valley to Airdrie as a potential route for the second phase, connecting north Calgary.
WATCH: While a northern leg of the Green Line LRT is not included in the first phase of the project, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is questioning its alignment as well. As Adam MacVicar reports, council will decide the fate of the southeast leg of the line next week.to the southeast, but Alberta Premier Danielle Smith shared her thoughts on the second stage of the project — connecting the line with northern neighbourhoods.
Although the study noted reduced costs if the line connected with the existing Blue Line tracks, it found that could create overcapacity issues on 7 Avenue downtown, a “service imbalance” due to the rotation of trains, and higher operating costs. “It’s been 10 years of advocacy going up in flames for the north,” said Andrew Yule, the north director for LRT on the Green. “We need to go through the core to get to the north and anything short of Eau Claire is not going to work for us up here.”Currently, north Calgary transit users are served by a rapid bus route which travels from the downtown core and up Centre Street to a terminal in North Pointe.
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