Quote:
Originally Posted by mr.x
So yes, in the end we might still see a 2013 opening...especially if this is going to be a P3. The government will give the private contractor a deadline that they know for sure that they can meet. Relatively, the Evergreen is a small project...only a few stations need to be build, and most of it is either at-grade or elevated guideway. The bored tunnel segment would probably be done within a year or less if all goes well with the TBM.
|
A P3 will take just as long or longer due to the length of time it takes for the bidding process and to finalize the agreement which can be over a year.
From the expression of interest in 2003, it took 6 years to complete the project. From the shortlisting of the 3 consortia in December 2003, it took until Dec. 2004 for the TL board to approve inTransitBC. Then it took until almost August 2005 to finalized the contract.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Line
Contrast this to the Millennium Line. From the time that the line was announced, it was only 4 years until it was operational.
Threaded Mode