Council sends Crowchild Trail revamp back to drawing board

Calling it an early Christmas present to Calgarians, city council has officially shelved contentious plans for revamping Crowchild Trail at the expense of area homeowners.

On Monday, council voted unanimously to pass a notice of motion to cease design on the Crowchild Trail corridor study and return to the drawing board.

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Crowchild streamlining would cost up to $1 billion and swallow up homes

CALGARY — City hall is proposing to alleviate Crowchild Trail of traffic lights and backups with several new interchanges, gargantuan ramps and not one but two extra bridges over the Bow River.

The ambition and scope of the multi-decade plan, to be released this week, comes with an even more ambitious price tag: $750 million to $1 billion, in today’s dollars.

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