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The Green Line LRT project is no longer on track to start building this year as planned, city officials said Wednesday.
It’s the latest blow for the largest infrastructure project in Calgary’s history, confirming advocates’ fears about delays. It also raises questions about cost escalations for the $5.5-billion project, which was expected to be finished in 2026.
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Green Line general manager Michael Thompson told city council’s Green Line committee that “real progress has been made” on resolving the provincial government’s technical questions about the project. But the process of hiring a company to lay track for the south leg, from Ramsay to Shepard, is still on hold.
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The provincial government has offered $11 million to relocate people in Ptarmigan Court. However, Mayor Don Scott said the money comes with conditions but doesn’t know what they will be.
“Historically, the province came in and looked after the buyout process entirely. So what they’re trying to do is make sure somebody else looks after it,” he said. “They want to get the benefit of contributing to it, but then they want to throw conditions on it that might not make it easy for the municipality to accept. We’ll see.”
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All Albertans who must self-isolate due to COVID-19 can now access hotel rooms at no cost
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Skip Ad All Albertans who must self-isolate due to COVID-19 can now access hotel rooms paid for by the province and will be eligible for $625 once they complete the self-isolation. Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver said Monday those who need to quarantine because they or a family member tested positive but are unable to do so safely at home are eligible upon referral by Alberta Health Services. It’s an expansion of an outreach program first announced in December aimed at helping communities hard-hit by COVID-19 in Edmonton and Calgary, in part because of multi-generational living arrangements and cultural barriers.