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husky
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You would still need them to play ball on a tunnel beneath the site. It significantly limits future development on that portion of their land and would come with significant supporting infrastructure that would still be required at the surface. City would also likely incur significant liability for any potential contamination or geotechnical issues (ie. what happens if tunnel collapses during construction or there are future settlement issues impacting the rail) encountered in the alignment.
Glenco
Senior Member
Ventilation shafts could also be an issue.
The_Cat
Senior Member
If CN allows the 170 Street Bridge, I'm sure something can be worked out here:
Airboy
Senior Member
I thought the plan was to go over the rail yard. There was some Geo testing in the Off leash park to the north a couple of years back.
The_Cat
Senior Member
The picture I posted was a case in point that a bridge could be built over rail yards, even with piers between the tracks.
Glenco
Senior Member
Apples and oranges. The span over the CN yards and The Yellowhead are vastly different from the 170 street bridge. That is why a Cable Stay bridge is required other than more conventional methods.
VaultBoy
Active Member
I bet the view would be pretty nice from here
northlands
Senior Member
The active mode benefit @SarcasticMarmot noted above is a seriously underrated piece of why building this is important. Not only what a novelty it would be to ride/walk over, but would create a fantastic connector in the bike network for the northside, which presently is completely miserable to cross as a cyclist from basically the entire City west of Fort Road.
TAS
Senior Member
It is miserable - agreed. 127st should be a better option soon.
dkazzed
Active Member
Some construction photos and information from the Coast Meridian Overpass over the CP Railyard in Port Coquitlam. The railyard is 500m wide at the overpass. I recall they built each section on the south end then pushed it north towards Lougheed Hwy.
www.kwhconstructors.com
Coast Meridian Overpass — KWH Constructors
KWH broke records erecting this bridge by launching the single span over the CPR Train Yard.
www.kwhconstructors.com
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fromtraintotower
New Member
I found this article and it doesn't make much sense to me.
edmontonjournal.com
Like... do they know about the Metro Line expansion? Yes, Phase 2 (NAIT to Castle Downs) is currently in land acquisition, but construction should be coming soon, especially when Yellowhead freeway conversion finishes in around 2027. Valley Line West construction should finish by 2029, so they'll definitely have another LRT project waiting for them.
City may lose skilled trades if LRT expansion stops, warns contractor
"It seems the city's going to run out of momentum for rail projects after this one. We would like to have a job after this."
edmontonjournal.com
Like... do they know about the Metro Line expansion? Yes, Phase 2 (NAIT to Castle Downs) is currently in land acquisition, but construction should be coming soon, especially when Yellowhead freeway conversion finishes in around 2027. Valley Line West construction should finish by 2029, so they'll definitely have another LRT project waiting for them.
fromyeg
Active Member
I found this article and it doesn't make much sense to me.
City may lose skilled trades if LRT expansion stops, warns contractor
"It seems the city's going to run out of momentum for rail projects after this one. We would like to have a job after this."
Like... do they know about the Metro Line expansion? Yes, Phase 2 (NAIT to Castle Downs) is currently in land acquisition, but construction should be coming soon, especially when Yellowhead freeway conversion finishes in around 2027. Valley Line West construction should finish by 2029, so they'll definitely have another LRT project waiting for them.
I hope this is this case!
It will all depend on whether or not there is money for construction. Phase 2 of the Metro Line will almost certainly need provincial and federal dollars and that has not yet been committed.
We’ll see what happens in the four year budget, for 2027-2030, upcoming later this year.
There are, of course, also plans for developing BRT, which will also need funding.
Hopefully both BRT and LRT expansion can move ahead without significant delay.
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Yegpeople
New Member
City has used most of its debt space I believe until 2031 if they want to build more LRT they definitely need help from other levels of government
thommyjo
Senior Member
I’m pretty worried about large capital projects. High Level Bridge, Metro Line NW, a ton of bus replacements, colesium stations, downtown LRT station/entrance refreshes, stollery/hospitals, jasper ave renewal, whyte ave renewal, BRT.
Some critical stuff, but the money seems to be drying up.
Some critical stuff, but the money seems to be drying up.