Alberta claims it is withdrawing funds for the Green Line project, which Calgary

The long-awaited Green Line light rail transportation project in Calgary is no longer affordable, according to Mayor Jyoti Gondek, following the Alberta government's announcement that funding for the project will no longer be provided in its current form.

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According to Gondek, the province's efforts to alter the project's scope and the delay that would result from a review by a third party that the province demanded will drive up expenses.

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Her remarks follow in a letter to Gondek from Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen, who said in the letter that the Green Line is turning into a "multi-billion dollar boondoggle" that will benefit very few people in the province.

He claims that the $1.53 billion the government has to spend on the city's most recent, reduced plan cannot be supported.

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This couple from Canada earned $50 million. They expect that even though Council decided in July to abbreviate the line's initial phase and that its budget has climbed by approximately $700 million to over $6.2 billion, it "won't change" them.

According to Dreeshen, putting good money after bad is not an option, even when hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on things like utility work.


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