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Complain much?

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⁠@@Rick-C-117Hardly. Anything worth doing is worth doing well. Characterize it any way you wish…it’s a fact.

Calgary certainly isn't.

I think given the progress, it will finish on time but yeah, its longtime overdue.

Don't forget, Edmonton was losing people and businesses during the nineties. It was a very dark time in this city, and there was no money and no visionary leadership. Since then however, this city has done incredibly well, so maybe let's focus on that.

It seems like they're hesitant to give a concrete completion date after the delays the Southeast leg saw. Currently the only completion date is 2027 which is a very long time away. Considering the first tracks are being laid this year, at a very conservative estimate, I think testing will begin toward the end of 2025. Very exciting!

@@riker_i’m really excited. It will be a huge convenience for us who can’t or don’t drive to go to west Edmonton mall from downtown more easily. My home is just nearby to Brewery and it’s exciting to see LRT station right near my home.

because marigold is actually fucking competent

@@drshallow69 fingers crossed

​@Passque666 I'm very excited to use it to get to work! I live in bonnie doon but work near West Ed, so this line is gonna be amazing for me! I hate driving 🤣

go get a job with them and help. Otherwise, be quiet and be patient.

Real.

good inquiry!

go get a job with them and help. Otherwise, be quiet and be patient.

Yawn. Take the train.

@@James-vj5hz It doesn't go to many Places and takes far too long, and my Time is Precious

Hope the same will happen with Valley Line West LRT.

Some of it will be.

Thanks for your interest, John! The City of Edmonton determined where the line should run at grade and where it should be elevated prior to Marigold Infrastructure Partners being contracted to build the Valley Line West. For more information please reach out to the LRT Projects Information Centre or visit the project page on the City's website at edmonton.ca/ValleyLine

Makes you wonder who they asked/surveyed, hey John? Aren't 90% of the traffic complaints in the greater Edmonton area related to trains? (Be it CN, CP or the LRT)? Look at 149th, Acheson highway, Science Park, Kingsway area, etc etc etc. It costs more to put the train above ground, and some might complain about the sight lines or general appearance, but it reduces traffic congestion by not having cars stop at MORE traffic lights and crossings due to trains, and you can feed pedestrians on and off on the sides (look at Vancouver), set us bus routes, etc. The more expensive option is to put it all underground. Now you're not worried about snow, sight lines, neighborhoods complaining about above ground noise and the above ground trains, but then you'll get complaints about the homeless migrating to below ground stations, possibly increase of small crimes (even with cameras and security - not that anyone wants to reduce unemployment by hiring more security guards and ticket checkers). I think Edmontonians would want the trains above or below (again look at Kingsway or other areas where traffic is worsened by the LRT, not reduced or improved by getting people off the roads and into transit). It might cost more now, but think of how much it might save in traffic congestion, pollution, smog, (which in turn reduces hospital loads, health issues, medications, health care system, climate change and global warming), accidents (cars/pedestrians - harder to get run over by trains if they're above or below ground), etc etc.

@Marigold Part of the reason is corporations scamming taxpayers for grade separations. Why was the SkyTrain Canada Line built for around the same cost per km as this project but almost entirely grade-separated, automated, and no crossings?

@@nousername5673 what source do you have for it being the same cost? I dont believe that is true

@@marigoldinfrastructurepart1568 we don't have the density to support the 3x cost of elevated or 10x cost of tunneling. Also, lots of reasons why street level has benefits (integration with streetscape, accessibility for limited mobility, quieter for neighborhoods, doesn't create dead zones beneath, etc). Street level is very popular in Europe. We dont need to cater to cars anymore. They're in the way of the LRT, not the lrt in the way of cars. This train will literally carry hundreds of people in the same space cars carry 30people. We need to prioritize the most space, cost, and environmentally efficient forms of transportation. Cars have had their moment....and it wrecked our cities. Time to catch up to the rest of the modern world and make transit, biking, walking the priorities.

Please elevate all stations and tunnel in downtown also.

@@nousername5673 you got an extra 2bil for that? We need a lot more density and less sprawl to pay for that kind of transit...

@@joshthompson80 Please see my reply to you under another comment. Sprawl is a problem, and transit can be a powerful solution and investment.