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Originally Posted by BaddieB
I really wish it happens soon. A Lonsdale (having it go to Ambleside or Park Royal seems too far for now) to Metrotown Skytrain is really needed as a bridge between skytrain lines and the Inlet. It should also be further extended to Oakridge, providing Vancouver's own circular line. Would be extremely expensive, but worth it.
Unfortunately, at least Federally, there isn't much vision for Transit. Hopefully Translink can pivot to generate money off real estate to fund expansion, and that the region sees skytrain expansion as politically highly popular.
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Federally, there's about as much vision for transit as there has ever been. There's been more federal investment into transit projects across the country during Trudeau's tenure than ever before (perhaps even all previous governments combined but I'm not willing to bring up receipts on that). On the chance that the LPC remains in power, we have a permanent transit fund to look forward to (which should have been moved up to start this year but I digress). Even if there is a change of government we'll likely still see Federal funds being used for capital projects as funding large shiny projects to cut ribbons for is appealing to politicians of all political stripes.
That all being said, British Columbia has never pursued a transit project that will be as complex as building the "Purple Line", it's not a straight shot underneath (or above) a single street like the majority of the Canada Line, Broadway Extension, and SLS are. Or a project with a historical ROW like the Expo Line, or with a shared ROW with wide roadways/existing rail infrastructure like most of the Millennium line both original and Evergreen extension are. It's a complex routing with elevation issues, crossing through dense established urban areas, and will require a bridge across the second narrows. All this to say, that using timelines from previous projects is going to be a bit dubious as all previous Skytrain projects were much more straightforward in terms of complexity. However, most of those projects when they were at this nascent stage took about ~15 years to go from the approximate point we are at now to completion. Considering the relative complexity of this line, I think 15 years is a reasonable "as soon as possible" target. So by 2040. Hopefully.
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