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Originally Posted by Policy Wonk
Here we go again... indeed interlining as far as the zoo is a factor strongly in favor of the Nose Creek alignment.
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The cost savings by interlining to the Zoo is a factor in favour of the Nose Creek alignment, yes.
However, I don't think that limiting the future growth of BOTH the NE and the NC lines to be barely more than what we have now is in any way favourable to anyone planning the route. We already have problems downtown with handling more trains because of interlining. Interlining simply recreates the problem on 7th Ave once again that will be solved when the 8th Ave subway is built. Also, we would have twice as many trains servicing the WLRT as would be required, adding wear and tear, and increasing the cost of operation needlessly.
The SE LRT will already have a new right of way downtown, why not connect the NC LRT to the same right of way, saving the cost of building an additional right of way downtown, which will in turn, help even out the costs between building a Nose Creek alignment and a Centre Street alignment.
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