Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton

[fromyeg]

2024 year end LRT

Lots of good stuff in the year end update. First LRV has been manufactured

 

[The_Cat]

Marigold:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1872673768180736158

 

[The_Cat]

Construction on South Side of 104 Avenue:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1872671328496656521

 

[The_Cat]

My thinking is that Marigold will be moving with track and station construction between Groat Bridge and 142 Street (with the enclosures) in early 2025.

 

[Out of Towner]

Does the CoE want to spend money on transit to places like St. Albert and Morinville so people can work in Edmonton and pay property taxes in satellite communities?

 

[The_Cat]

People spend money when they visit Edmonton, some of which directly or indirectly ends up in city revenue. The LRT is also funded by all levels of government.

 

[BrettB]

The Edmonton Transit Service Advisory Board has finally updated its website (it hasn't been consistent recently) and posted the ETS November branch highlight report.

Valley Line Southeast LRT ridership continues to grow month over month since the opening of the 13-kilometre LRT line in November 2023. Monthly ridership on the Valley Line Southeast LRT grew from approximately 138,000 in November 2023 (excluding opening day) to nearly 297,000 in November 2024. The LRT line currently represents 5% of total bus and LRT ridership in Edmonton.

edit: Corrected to November report

 

[CplKlinger]

The Edmonton Transit Service Advisory Board has finally updated its website (it hasn't been consistent recently) and posted the ETS October branch highlight report.

That's the November report; the October one still isn't up for some reason.

 

[BrettB]

I emailed with the chair about the inconsistent reporting/minutes/agenda online and she told me the person who did it so consistently a year ago left and they've struggled to keep their pages up to date since then.

 

[CplKlinger]

I emailed with the chair about the inconsistent reporting/minutes/agenda online and she told me the person who did it so consistently a year ago left and they've struggled to keep their pages up to date since then.

Thanks for reaching out to them, it's been bugging me for some long now. Did they send you copies of the missing documents?

 

[BrettB]

Thanks for reaching out to them, it's been bugging me for some long now. Did they send you copies of the missing documents?

Unfortunately I didn't think to ask

 

[J_gordo]

Rest of the wem girders are up, lots of substructure work going on as well

 

[The_Cat]

The workers are earning their pay today.

 

[Barnaby]

Many of these roads being left open during construction has been counterproductive.

 

[The_Cat]

It sometimes wonder why some roads can’t be closed for LRT construction. 95 Avenue was closed for a summer. I think 156 Street could be closed with buses detouring to 163 Street for the months of May-August.