EDMONTON – Thousands of LRT riders expected to catch the train to NAIT this summer must now wait until the end of the year for the opening of the new Metro LRT line.
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Capital Region Board wants LRT to be a priority over Alberta high-speed rail
The Capital Region Board wants the province to hold off on high-speed rail.
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Bow River biggest obstacle for north-central LRT route
Calgary is 20 or 30 years from being able to afford a multibillion-dollar LRT on its north-central corridor, but council will have to answer major questions on its route by December.
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Staples: Redford gets on board LRT steamroller
EDMONTON – How did Alberta politicians lose over a billion dollars? By waiting 37 years too long to build the Mill Woods LRT line.
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Province announces more resources for Edmonton LRT
EDMONTON – Premier Alison Redford made a stop at Churchill LRT station in Edmonton Tuesday morning to announce more resources for the city’s LRT Valley Line project.
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Staples: Supposed good news budget fails to put Edmonton’s LRT on track
Alison Redford’s government has a unique ability to tick off even its supporters.
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Edmonton expands pro-LRT campaign with new video
EDMONTON – The city released another video supporting LRT expansion Tuesday as Mayor Don Iveson prepares to talk to other big-city mayors in Ottawa about infrastructure spending.
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Riverdale community undeterred by report recommending against changing planned Valley LRT line river crossing
EDMONTON – The Riverdale Community League president wants to keep fighting the planned southeast LRT river crossing despite a report indicating a proposed alternative is more expensive and technically inferior.
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Calgary needs inner-city-only bus routes, report says
Downtown and Beltline residents, used to squeezing onto buses filled with suburban commuters, should get some bus routes of their own, says a new transit planners’ report.
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Details of federal program bring southeast LRT closer, Edmonton mayor says
EDMONTON – Mayor Don Iveson says the city is another step closer to starting construction of the southeast LRT after the federal government released details Thursday about a national infrastructure program.
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