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Chris Gentile (Valley Line Technical Manager, LRT Projects, Integrated Infrastructure Services) & Quinn Nicholson
(Discipline Lead for Communications and Public Relations)
The LRT line is being built in multiple stages, with
this Southeast stage being built first due to the fact
that the Valley Line will need its own maintenance
facility, says Quinn Nicholson, Discipline Lead for
Communications and Public Relations. “This stage
will have 11 street-level stops, a new bridge spanning
the North Saskatchewan River, and an interchange
linking to the Capital Line and Metro Line.”
An LRT is kind of a Goldilocks happy medium
scenario in terms of building cost and ridership,
says Nicholson. “Cities get the slightly lower
capital cost compared to an underground metro,
but you get a higher frequency of usage and lower
maintenance and operations costs than you would
with bus rapid transit.”
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