EDMONTON – Edmonton’s transportation committee didn’t vote on a recommendation by city administration Wednesday to make the Valley Line LRT expansion from downtown to Lewis Farms a top priority.
Administration delivered a report on LRT expansion which ranked the top 16 priorities.
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The Valley Line expansion downtown to Lewis Farms would cost $1.8 billion, according to the report.
Metro Line expansion from NAIT to Blatchford North and Capital Line expansion from Century Park to Ellerslie are ranked second and third respectively.
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Some councillors cried foul over why their area was not higher on the list.
A total of $9.5 billion worth of future LRT lines was ranked in order of priority.
Once the next phase of expansion is chosen, administration recommends the next step should be a staging plan for the design and construction.
Construction began last week of Phase 1 of the Valley Line from downtown to Mill Woods in the southeast. It’ll cost an estimated $1.8 billion.
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