Calgarians uniting in support of the Green Line. #YYC4Transit 🚃🚃🚃🚃
Calgary, Alberta
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Calgarians for Transit retweeted
The elevated Green Line alignment insisted upon by the Province now exceeds the cost of the tunneled downtown alignment from Sheppard to Eau Claire.
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Calgarians for Transit retweeted
Let's not forget how in July, Councillors Sharp and McLean voted AGAINST the underground #GreenLineYYC alignment downtown.
❌They ignored Calgarians.
💰They voted how a handful of elitists told them to vote.
🤡They voted how the UCP told them to vote.
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Councillor McLean and I fought to keep the Green Line alive last fall, and again in January. Cancelling it would've cost Calgarians at least $850M in contract penalties, wasted $1.4B already spent, lost billions in funding from other orders of government, and wiped out 1,000 local jobs.
Is it perfect? No. But we’d rather lay track than waste taxpayer dollars on nothing.
Pending approval from the provincial and federal governments, the next steps will be breaking ground in the south this year, plus starting to engage with business owners and residents downtown to refine the plan. After more than a decade of debate, and some questionable decisions from past Councils (like buying cars before laying track), it’s time to shift from talk to action.
#yyccc #GreenLineYYC
Calgarians for Transit retweeted
🗑️TAKE ACTION: Tell Danielle Smith to ditch her Trump sympathizer transportation minister waging economic war on the downtown Calgary Green Line, businesss and taxpayers.
#GreenLineYYC
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Calgarians for Transit retweeted
City Council made a critical mistake in approving the province’s Green Line plan. An elevated LRT through our downtown ignores businesses, property owners & public safety — risking the future of our core. This is not the right choice for Calgary. I’ll have more to say later today & in days to come.
Calgarians for Transit retweeted
Supporting elevated Green Line would be ‘reckless’: Calgary downtown, construction groups globalnews.ca/news/10980315/…
Calgarians for Transit retweeted
This is a shameful day for the province.
We are spending billions on a line that no one will ride and admitting that their elevated alignment is impossible and never will be built.
The Green Line LRT was supposed to connect Calgary’s communities, making it easier for people to get to work, school and medical appointments. The Danielle-Devin Disaster takes us from a parking lot to an arena.
When I am Premier, an Alberta NDP government will build the full Green Line LRT from North through downtown to the Southeast.
Calgarians for Transit retweeted
This week, City Administration provided an overview of the outstanding considerations with the Govt of Alberta's Green Line alignment proposed in the AECOM report.
The City identified $1.3 billion in known costs and risks that were not included in the AECOM proposal.
Calgarians for Transit retweeted
NEW: Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek along with Couns. Andre Chabot and Peter Demong have released this joint statement on Green Line.
They're raising concerns over the omission of a "detailed constructability review" and a "structural analysis" from in the AECOM report.
Calgarians for Transit retweeted
Only 2 days left to complete this survey, which takes 15-20 mins. Please set aside the time.
We may not be able to FOIP the results, but the consultant will have to analyze them for recommendations to GoA.
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Calgarians for Transit retweeted
This is the opposite of a good faith “Working Group” it’s a shake down.
Calgarians for Transit retweeted
Here’s what’s going on with the Green Line.
#GreenLineYYC
Calgarians for Transit retweeted
Wait, they want to tear down huge sections of this parkade and force the green line above an elevated train to Banff? Is any of this costed in the report? Anyone? @DevinDVote @ABDanielleSmith @SonyaSharpYYC @JyotiGondek #abpoli #yyccc
Calgarians for Transit retweeted
A secret report shows no costs and no real analysis. This is how Danielle Smith runs her government. Welcome to the Danielle/Dreeshen disaster. #ReleaseTheReport
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Calgarians for Transit retweeted
😱IT GETS WORSE. We missed the proposed elevated Banff Passenger Line.
🤔Maybe one of these should be buried underground?
This needs an update. They forgot to render the elevated train to Banff. Almost as if one of these should be a tunnel. #yyccc @ABDanielleSmith
Calgarians for Transit retweeted
So, Dreeshen/AECOM Green Line proposal is anywhere between $3.1 billion and $12.4 billion.
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“They heard this high-level review by the consultant represented a roughly five per cent design level, which comes with a -50 to +100 per cent variance.”
City of Calgary says there's $1.3 billion not accounted for in the provincial consultant's report on the Green Line. #yyc #yyccc #calgary
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Calgarians for Transit retweeted
Ugly Green Line news:
• Dreeshen won't let AECOM talk to council, even closed session. Written questions through him. 🤬
• AECOM's proposal is 5% complete. Would take 2+ years to get to 60% where City was in July.
• My read on that: potential 50-100% increase
@TheBreakdownAB
Calgarians for Transit retweeted
Very happy to see @JyotiGondek, @cllrandrechabot & @peterdemong discuss the need for #greenlineyyc to reach Eau Claire & the importance of consulting Calgarians. This is the good governance needed on a $6B project
View the full @AdamMacVicar thread here:
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Calgarians for Transit retweeted
BREAKING: City of Calgary says provincial Green Line alignment doesn't include $1.3B in known costs and risks. Claims total price tag is $7.5B.
Calgarians for Transit retweeted
Flabbergasted that we can build a major arena with similar depth profile as the #GreenLineYYC tunnels. Yet the rethinkers are so concerned about the Green Line tunnels flooding and are silent on the Arena. 🙄 All I’m asking for is consistency in scrutiny. 🤷♂️
Calgarians for Transit retweeted
NAOIP and @BOMACalgary:
"Any alignment other than underground will negatively affect the Centre City in the following ways:
-Reduced assessed property values for the property adjacent the line requiring these taxes to be collected elsewhere within the City's assessment base"
