Calgary disappointed to not get copy of provinces new Green Line proposal – Calgary [Video]

The Alberta government is proposing a reworked Green Line light rail transit route in Calgary that it says would serve more communities and save more than $1 billion.

The province contracted consulting firm AECOM in July to find alternatives to the city’s latest proposal, which would have involved a tunnel through downtown and run a drastically shorter distance than earlier planned.

Calgary city council voted to wind down the $6.2-billion project in September after the province said it would pull its $1.5-billion in funding without a major project overhaul.

The federal government has also committed $1.5 billion.

The Alberta government says based on the AECOM report, it is proposing a new Green Line alignment that would connect 7th Avenue downtown to a station at Shepard on the Calgary’s southeastern edge.

The province says it would save $1 billion by using elevated tracks downtown instead of a tunnel, and would connect to two other lines serving the northeast and …