Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton

[kcantor]

There has to be someone from the media investigating this as there has to be a real juicy story here and a big epose would for sure garner clickage.

Then again, the Journal continues to employ Jim Matheson so probably not.

maybe david staples will take this on once he finds out what danielle thinks about it all?

 

[The_Cat]

I think the sad thing about media involvement is that some stations can make a mockery of Edmonton's City Council, TransEd and whoever else is involved without offering anything constructive. It could be another political football.

 

[David A]

I think the sad thing about media involvement is that some stations can make a mockery of Edmonton's City Council, TransEd and whoever else is involved without offering anything constructive. It could be another political football.

Yes, the mainstream media's resources are very limited these days so they tend to focus on the outrage of the day and quickly move on. The days when reporters spent months digging into something complex are mostly gone.

Its too bad in this case, because I think what happened here is mainly being hidden behind complicated relationships and it is hard to figure out where the problems are, but there sure seem to be a lot of them. We do need accountability and a better understanding.

 

[BrettB]

I think you're absolutely right David. Media resources are limited AND these P3s are designed to hide information that would normally be available in a public construction project. But there could be some information available in TransEd's finance disclosures.

 

[soupcrate]

I think you're absolutely right David. Media resources are limited AND these P3s are designed to hide information that would normally be available in a public construction project. But there could be some information available in TransEd's finance disclosures.

I think the death of local investigative journalism has made corruption and malfeasance a lot easier to get away with. We just haven't noticed it much because it's largely been balanced by digitalization and open data efforts.

 

[The_Cat]

94%: http://transedlrt.ca/updates/follow-the-latest-updates-on-the-valley-line-southeast/

 

[CplKlinger]

 

[soupcrate]

I hope this is ready before the cheques start getting written for the next provincial election.

 

[kcantor]

while it’s nice to see the cars - even if it is just for testing - the lack of any meaningful activity on the street or in any of the retail spaces at 11:00 am on a weekday is shockingly depressing…

 

[cliffapotamus]

West Ed Gantry(?) (crawling crane? Idk) crane is going up!

SAFETY FIRST

We’re up to 9 piers standing or being formed.

 

[Edmcowboy11]

One year into construction and we're seeing piers and soon hopefully track sections. So far I'm cautiously optimistic about Marigold.

 

[The_Cat]

I imagine we’ll see a broadcast from TransEd around December 23.

 

[Gronk!]

About time!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1604877971231236097

 

[The_Cat]

It's going to be busy.

 

[Greenspace]

^They are removing trees but there won't be any meaningful construction along the line in the Downtown until 2024. 2023 is gonna be depressing with less trees.