Danielle Smith said Calgarians are owed the Green Line alignment that was originally promised before it was significantly shortened amid ballooning costs.
Premier Danielle Smith says a lack of “political oversight” undermined Calgary’s Green Line light rail transit project, but says her government will not take it over.Click to share quote on Twitter: "That's part of the reason why it's gone completely out of control."
Smith reiterated those concerns Wednesday, saying Calgarians are owed the Green Line alignment that was originally promised before it was significantly shortened amid ballooning costs. Smith said the Green Line project has made clear that when billion-dollar decisions are being made, all funding partners need to be included.But Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said the province was at the table when the most up-to-date alignment of the Green Line was approved in July.
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