Thanks again dpogue! Looking good!
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Originally Posted by Meraki
Bombardier's submission would have continued the existing canopy design, but they didn't win the bid.
SNC-Lavalin has refined corruption down to an art, so what can you do.  |
I was not aware Bombardier was actually bidding. Weren't they just a minor contractor for one of the bidders?
And if I recall, SNC-Lavalin built the Millenium Line anyway, so it would have made sense that they simply continue on...for consistency sake.
As for the Lougheed roof, again, why spend so much money on aesthetics? I'd rather they spend it on other things to expand transit, or even improve some of the background systems for Evergreen Line.
Given the inflationary cost and changes in some scope of the project, you need every single penny saved. After all, EGRT must also have contengency funds for unforseen incidents like what happened above Como Lake.
And above all, changing the design of the Lougheed Roof from the original, BC NDP run proposal, is for sure a political move as well. If they continues with the original roof, it would show the BC Liberals are essentially continuing a BC NDP legacy.
So they seem to be trying to distance themselves from that, and with the likely rebranding of the existing Millenium Line from Lougheed and beyond, it will only push the BC NDP legacy out of the mindsets of voters in the long run.
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