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LRT Expansion Planning
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Macroman520
New Member
Interesting problem I've run into while creating my light rail masterplan: the issue of Westmount LRT station (Valley Line), and Westmount Transit Centre. They will be more than 2 kilometres apart, and yet share a geographic identifier. Are there any plans to rename Westmount transit centre, or will it remain an (admittedly rather small) annoyance? Personally I'd be in favour of renaming it to Coronation Transit Centre, removing ambiguity and arguably better reflecting its location.
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Who knows. Considering we have south campus/Fort Edm Park and they are nowhere near the park, the probably wouldn't see a problem.
Macroman520
New Member
you know what, fair enough
The_Cat
Senior Member
^^^ Do you mean Glenora Stop?
Macroman520
New Member
I don't think so... 123 Street and Stony Plain Road?
Edit: Must've been using out-of-date design documents, I guess it's now just called 124 Street Stop.
IanO
Superstar
Federal Conservatives pledge funding support for two Edmonton LRT expansion projects in election platform
Author of the article
ustin Cook
If elected, O’Toole said his party would move forward with the already-approved 4.5-kilometre Capital Line South extension and “immediately prioritize” the Metro Line LRT expansion from Blatchford to Castle Downs. The Metro Line extension has previously been highlighted as council’s next priority when dollars are available.
edmontonjournal.com
Author of the article
ustin CookIf elected, O’Toole said his party would move forward with the already-approved 4.5-kilometre Capital Line South extension and “immediately prioritize” the Metro Line LRT expansion from Blatchford to Castle Downs. The Metro Line extension has previously been highlighted as council’s next priority when dollars are available.
Federal Conservatives pledge funding support for two Edmonton LRT expansion projects in election platform
O'Toole said the party would stay committed to providing $394.2 million for the Capital Line extension from Century Park to Ellerslie Road.
edmontonjournal.com
archited
Senior Member
In the immortal words of Pete Townshend as iterated by Roger Daltry, "we won't get fooled again!"
The_Cat
Senior Member
I think things could change if the Conservatives look at the books.
Edmcowboy11
Senior Member
Conservative typical mandate. Promise to spend money, get into power, review the numbers, decide to postpone or cancel promises because the promises don't fall in line with being able to balance the budget, make new promises and give some money leading into new election to "show" they are serious about infrastructure.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
Qrs
And I honestly can't make myself believe anything that comes out of O'tole's mouth, especially if it's infrastructure that will go against what the oilheads want.
I can't vote, but one thing is fore sure: from when I can to when I die, they'll never get my vote, unless they change COMPLETELY from what they are right now. (And even though I can't vote, you'll find me in the trenches with the Liberals, knocking on doors and making phone calls.)
And I honestly can't make myself believe anything that comes out of O'tole's mouth, especially if it's infrastructure that will go against what the oilheads want.
_urbanite
Senior Member
Nice gesture, but saying you're going to maintain approved spending for an upcoming expansion and committing dollars to a future expansion (one that the Liberals will probably approve anyways) isn't enough to move the dial for me yet.
Unfortunately the Conservatives tend to promise more for Edmonton than they actually deliver on
Unfortunately the Conservatives tend to promise more for Edmonton than they actually deliver on
MacLac
Senior Member
Journal article says “1.1 Billion expansion” into Castle Downs.” I thought the bridge alone over the CN tracks was north of 350M, so how does this 800 M get us into Castle Downs? Wouldn’t we need at least 2B plus to get to Campbell Rd?
Edmonchuk
Active Member
The will do nothing for Edmonton. Never did. My first thought when I visited Edmonton in 2010 - "is this the capital of the richest province in Canada??"
ChazYEG
Senior Member
It's 1.1 B of federal funding. That's why Iverson said it's premature, because it depends on the new council approval and budgeting and, what is even worse, depends on the Provincial government as well. The total project is probably going to cost around 2.5 Billion to Castle Downs and a little over 3 B to Campbell Rd.