The city has shelved a pricey plan to build a tram or gondola system connecting downtown Edmonton with the river valley.

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EDMONTON – Rossdale could one day be just a gondola ride away from downtown under two proposals for a river valley transportation system that have caught the city’s eye.

Two companies say they can build a mechanical people-mover from the old Epcor power plant to Jasper Avenue and 104th Street within a $34.4-million budget, which also covers a promenade over the water, according to a city report.

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