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Originally Posted by jsbertram
I have wondered why the North LRT can't be run on /over /under 4th St, since it is the only major street in the area that doesn't directly connect to downtown.
Leave Centre St and Edmonton Trail as downtown connectors for vehicles, but alter 4th St to be the 'transit corridor' with LRT on it.
Since 4th St eventually connects with Centre St at 72nd Ave, the new LRT will still be able to continue north to Panorama and Coventry Hills.
To get to 4th St & 16th Ave from downtown, you would extend the South LRT line northwards over Prince's Island and Memorial Dr, run east of the Curling Club, and into a tunnel portal. The LRT tunnel would run north under Crescent Rd and Crescent Heights Park, north-westward to 4 St & 12 Ave, then north under 4th St until the tunnel is past 16th Ave. The tunnel would also have sufficient length to allow for a gentle rise in elevation from the southern Sunnyside portal to the northern portal.
North of 16th Ave, the LRT could be run along 4th St in a new median (or elevated / trenched where necessary) for the rest of the way to Huntington Hills and Coventry / Panorama.
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4th St has poor redevelopment potential compared to Centre. Its also not as wide, so impact on the road would be more major if run at grade. It would also be a no-go over Prince's Island. Not gonna happen. Bypassing Centre basically makes it a commuter line for the far north. At that point, may as well run it along the Nose Creek alignment for a huge savings in $$$.
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