thommyjo
Senior Member
As much as we can feel better than Calgary for now…what’s our quote for the NW going to become now? 5bil?
That's... awful...
Heritage Valley just started construction at a cost of $300m/km including the recent cost increase and an OMF. Metro Line is a similar length and it could double to $600m/km and still be $2.7 billion.
Yeah, I spent years on overcrowded ETS buses that got bogged down in traffic between downtown and Mill Woods. My experiences riding the Valley Line so far have been enough to overcome my residual seething hatred of the idea of ever going to Mill Woods. The closest station to my then place of work is admittedly a bit shit (Millbourne-Woodvale), but then that's because of the neighbourhoods and not so much the station. Even with the whole area being about as walkable as an old minefield, it still would've a great improvement over that commute. It's not just time savings, but a much better ride experience.The Valley Line is probably slightly slower than routes like 401 (Sherwood Park) and 500X (The Meadows). The Valley Line, though, saves at least 10 minutes off the old bus routes to Mill Woods.
The greatest benefit is that a rider on LRT can reach most major destinations in an hour or less.
While it does indeed suck to bore tunnels in Edmonton on account of our geology, it only calls for a short segment, and it would surprise me if this couldn't be done cut and cover. Drivers will complain, but it would make that underground segment much cheaper and quicker to build. Phase 1 of this extension seems to contain some big ticket items that are not just building track that are going to skew your price per km figure, like a new Operations and Maintenance facility, and new LRV's.That's... awful...
Heritage Valley just started construction at a cost of $300m/km including the recent cost increase and an OMF. Metro Line is a similar length and it could double to $600m/km and still be $2.7 billion.
Is it the tunnel? If it's going to cost them several billion to tunnel, just tunnel the much busier blue and red lines and keep the green line at grade.
Sadly, too much potential might be our downfall haha. There’s gotta be 50+ years of development potential along this line! Just the major intersections of 124/SPR, 142/SPR, 149/SPR, 156/SPR, 159/87, 170/87 could probably accommodate 20,000 residents. Not to mention all the east of 124th street development, SPR between intersections. And 156st.That little stretch on the north side there from 146-149 has SO much potential.
That market segment completely confounds me. Who are these being built to serve? What's the target market? I'm an apartment dweller and those fringe properties would never be on my list of potentials.Good thing we’re building thousands of apartment units next to farmers fields still though