We could have. 7th and 8th were set aside for downtown revitalization as transit and pedestrian respectively. Saving money enabled far more LRT to be built. I think it was an acceptable tradeoff for the time.

Edmonton is sand on top of a coal mine. Perhaps less water saturated. In any case, Edmonton threw money at the problem. It was a tradeoff.

Problem is block lengths in general and the crossing, which all together make a surface station running north-south quite difficult. Also, despite everything, it isn't only about cost. You want capacity and speed/travel time improvements. Those are what you are paying for, not the aesthetics...

Last time she managed 4 years while in opposition before the freedom for me, not freedom for thee folks came knocking. 🕰️

The Canada Line in Vancouver suffers from this yet as well so many transit enthusiasts just revert back to talking points from 20 years ago and call it under built. Even with 80m platforms, it would suffer from minor crowding due to not enough rolling stock.

Or not buying enough cars, LOL.

In Q2 of 2017, they thought they were at a Class "D" estimate. They had top of rail and alignment for the entire project. Council started fooling around with the alignment immediately, a recommendation for further investigation and the project team didn't push back! On top of it all, their...

That is the thing really, still deciding. But in June 2017, the Transportation and Transit Committee approved the final alignment. Before that approval, it was clear, due to pushback from BOMA, that downtown would be underground. Due to pushback from the Stampede, the Beltline would be as well...

Its all about the tunnel. They've been consulting informally and formally about the tunnel for 8 years. The tunnel builders are few, and have a lot of business going on, even in Canada. 3 projects simultaneously boring in Toronto, one in Vancouver, one in Montreal. There isn't a lack of work...

Mayinsure all club seats are available for most concerts which provides value. I don’t think there going to be missing out on various premium options overall.

The limestone is a nice switcharoo and lookalike for paskapoo sandstone imo.

So it doesn't generate $2-6 million in government revenue so the picture is a bit jaundiced. That doesn't mean it is a bad project. It in fact is a great project. I think the cost estimate is a bit low too, probably at least 1.5x Anyways, I think it is surprising the project hasn't got...

The number of companies that react rationally to hiring and wage considerations is low. The number of times one hears "we had big plans for you", or you get a counter offer of a big raise. And its like, if you had big plans, or were willing to spend more for retention: why didn't you tell...

Trying to catch the falling knife is gambling, that's for sure. Those may have been fair prices given land costs and leases in place or there may have been some gambling going on.

There were transactions in the last 10 in Edmonton that were in that boat. https://globalnews.ca/news/3372485/4-downtown-edmonton-office-towers-sold-for-160m-less-than-their-value-7-years-ago/ "Last month, HSBC Bank Place on 101 Street sold for $35 million. Enbridge Place on 104 Street sold...

Or another full tower renovation. At some point Western Canadian Place will be back in the mix, as will Nova/NEXEN. I think Nova/NEXEN would work as a huge conference hotel.

The province has owned the land needed for almost 20 years now.

Anderson was what was on the maps iirc

The problem was tunnel depth to get around the Red Line Tunnel. That compounded with not crossing Macleod at grade drove so many design decisions. If elevated was on the table, plenty of different options could be considered. Alas.

The original intention was a red line spur which exclusively served Douglas Glen and south. In the 90s when low floor trains were a curiosity. #2 is totally bogus The cost difference is really small when you look at the project. The 'integration' is even pretty minimal. What we do know is for...