In a letter to Calgary's mayor, Alberta Transportation Minister says the Green line LRT plan throws 'good money after bad' and 'is simply not an option for our government.'
In a letter obtained by Global News, Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen said he has 'serious concerns' with a decision to shorten Calgary's proposed Green LRT line, and that the province won't be contributing its $1.53 billion share of the project.The Government of Alberta’s share of funding for Calgary’s Green Line LRT project is in jeopardy, according to a letter from the province to Calgary mayor Jyoti Gondek.
The shortened first stage of the Green Line would run between Eau Claire and Lynwood/Milican, instead of the originally scoped 18-kilometre line from Eau Claire to Shepard. The changes saw the removal of six stations from the first stage and the tunnel under the downtown core shortened.The reduced scope, approved in a 10-5 vote in late July, was in response to cost pressures that have risen the total budget to $6.2 billion.
In his letter, dated Sept. 3, Dreeshen acknowledged the “hundreds of millions” already spent on the project, but said “throwing good money after bad is simply not an option for our government.” According to Dreeshen, the provincial government will look to contract an independent third party to provide the province and city with “alternative costed proposals” to integrate the Green Line with the existing Red and Blue lines along 7 Avenue, and to a future “Grand Central Station” near the site of Calgary’s new arena.
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