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Council will take another stab at LRT routes tomorrow. Hopefully we can make some decisions, though it remains to be seen whether we can get to a final decision on the West route. Yellow is 107; Red are the SPR variants; Blue is 87 Ave; Pink are Redevelopment Opportunities. My guess is there are at… Read More
In answering questions from Councillors during last week’s LRT routing debate, Transportation Department officials showed us a conceptual map of the full potential build out of our region’s LRT network to illustrate some points about connectivity. It caught all of us by surprise — pleasantly so. I called it the ‘Hope Springs Eternal’ map. I… Read More
I’ve been pushing on this issue for some time, and finally we got to discuss the matter today at the Transportation and Public Works Committee. There were two reports: The first report was from the Edmonton Transit System Advisory Board advocating that an ETS pilot project commence with the opening of LRT to Century Park. Some… Read More
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Today council spent the majority of our morning debating the question of the federal and provincial funding for the proposed Northeast LRT extension to Gorman. I questioned the need to have this conversation in private, but because of the sensitivity of working with other orders of government I reluctantly voted along with the rest of council… Read More