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Originally Posted by TheMatth69
Do you we have any studies or estimates on how much it would cost to expend the Trillium Line deeper into Riverside South or even Barrhaven ? Isn't there already a proposed path for the Trillium Line, I think I saw something like that a few months back ?
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Its in the existing TMP for the most part. Here is a map of the current ultimate plan.
- Red is the Confederation Line extension to Barrhaven Centre Station.
- Green is the end of the Trillium Line at Limebank Station.
- Blue is the various other transit corridors in Barrhaven/Riverside South. At this time all of them are slated for some form of BRT.
Blue can be fully built-out relatively affordably with at-grade crossings and interim use of existing infrastructure including the Vimy Bridge. IMO the blue BRT routes should the priority for Barrhaven following Stage 2. The Strandherd/Earl Armstrong corridor is already congested at times and will only get worse as Riverside South and Barrhaven continue to develop. The Transitway along the Greenbank Realignment is also necessary as the existing crossings of the Jock River are also congested and will become terrible given the massive amount of subdivisions approved south of the Jock River.
Good connections between the existing SW Transitway and the Trillium Line will ensure good overall reliability of rapid transit in Barrhaven and will build inter-suburb and intra-suburb ridership - all at a low cost.
Extending the trillium line further along the blue corridor would significantly raise the cost due to the need to grade separate numerous collectors and the river. I think its existing terminus is fine and it should stay there for the conceivable future. The blue east-west BRT route will still give folks in Barrhaven rapid access to the Trillium Line should they want to go to destinations such as the Airport, South Keys, Carleton, or even the new Civic Hospital.
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