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Originally Posted by milomilo
Well is there not an issue here then that the tunnel portion cannot be built in the budget allocated?
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Not exactly. The problem is they can't sign a fixed price contract within the budget. Because there is risk, a fixed price contract would have to include a risk premium incase the project went sideways in a major way due to the known risk of the 2nd street underground sand valley. It is better in a case like this to sign a risk sharing contract, as the chance of having to pay for that risk is 100% in a fixed price contract, and lower in shared contract.
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Originally Posted by milomilo
What is the way forward? If the project is to be built, then they either need to cut it further (almost certainly from the north) or increase the budget. The latter seems unlikely from the province and while I'm sure money from the city could be found, I can't see there being much political appetite.
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The province needs to understand why the project can't be contracted using their preferred method. If the province wants to contract it using their preferred method, the province should take over the project and the costs involved from using their preferred method.
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Originally Posted by milomilo
Alternatively, the design of the central section could be completely changed, yet again. Not only would this delay the project further and completely prove the uselessness of all the "community engagement" that was done to decide on the design, I'm not convinced any other option would be feasible or save much money. Elevated always seemed like a non option for a number of reasons.
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TBH, the contracts should go forward and if the tunnel section has a failed RFP, we should redesign phase 2. But it isn't a reason to stop.
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Originally Posted by milomilo
The further the Green Line project goes, the more it seems like it was doomed from the start, the moment the two legs were combined. "LRT on the Green" may end up being the ones to blame for the Green Line being abandoned, or at least delaying it until the city goes full circle and only builds the SE line.
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No. Since the SE line includes the tunnel. and the tunnel is the entire problem. Because of a known issue that we can only mitigate with money, or an alternative design that downtown business owners have scared the city away from.
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