when will the first leg of the LRT be built

[Brokenhead]

Originally Posted by jimj_wpg

... because it reminds you of the ABC News program.

I like 2014/2015... if we start now we could have it by then.

Exactly ... but you never know


It could also be your eye vision.

[newflyer]

In the year 5555, if man is still alive, Council votes down the first phase of the Waverly West - Emerson LRT Corridor, and instead uses the money to repair potholes on Portage Avenue from Moray to 18th Street (Brandon)

Resurfacing the streets every 3500 years .. yeah that sounds about right.

[Pegger5]

Originally Posted by Archiseek

where's the "never" option?

Exactly, I wish I was wrong though..

[Only The Lonely..]

Originally Posted by drew

. . .

The only way LRT/Streetcars/etc. will ever see the light of day here is if there is some monumental shift in the general public's opinion of where public money is spent - or if somehow you could do it without including politics or requiring the public's support and money period.

Otherwise...

[youngregina]

I picked 2010. But now that I look back on it, it will probably aroung 2012 or 2013 before anything happens. Remember it is only 2007 so in another 5 or 6 years.

[LilZebra]

...

[LilZebra]

Originally Posted by drew

You answered your own question in the first line I quoted above. LRT for councillors in coupon clipping, Sunday night cruising, pothole fixing ol' Winnipeg is equivalent to political suicide.

The only way LRT/Streetcars/etc. will ever see the light of day here is if there is some monumental shift in the general public's opinion of where public money is spent - or if somehow you could do it without including politics or requiring the public's support and money period.

Otherwise...

Or a country heading into a recession/depression...

20-20 hindsight from 18 months later.

[h0twired]

Sometime well after 2025.

Consider for a moment that we are close to 2010 and that most LRT systems have 10+ years of development, planning and land procurement prior to even getting a shovel in the ground.

Winnipeg has yet to even start a serious planning phase.

[drew]

Originally Posted by jimj_wpg

Or a country heading into a recession/depression...

20-20 hindsight from 18 months later.

That's very true...