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Originally Posted by J.OT13
Barrhaven doesn't need rail. The ridership doesn't warrant it now, probably even less so post-Covid.
For a few dozen million, they could add transit priority at traffic lights up Woodroff, remove a few stops and build better shelters at stops that remain.
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If that is your view, then that is fine, as long as you are looking at the actual costs.
I do agree would be good to see the how transit usage will look when things return to a new normal after COVID. Having said that, it would be a shame to miss the opportunity to receive post COVID stimulus money.
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Even with the $1.6B to Fallowfield, it still ends up costing $267 million/km, far more expensive than much more complicated Stage 1 or any comparable project in Canada (except Crosstown, which is mostly tunneled).
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I suspect the issue is that with more and more cities building LRT systems, the cost is going up as it is difficult to hire the talent needed.
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