Why did Edmonton's newest LRT line take so long to get done?

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@amo_res9266 Жыл бұрын

I think it’s great, I ride it everyday. The only problem is that it takes longer to ride compared to the existing lrt, but I like how it’s less busier, smoother, and less stress

@coreymcdonald7745 5 ай бұрын

It's actually comparable, even shorter than the current Capital Line. According to Google Maps, end to end on the Valley Line is 29 minutes. End to end on the Capital Line is 36 minutes

@youtubech6090 Жыл бұрын

Canadian cities need more subway

@Bradymcbridhe8304 11 ай бұрын

They help a lot with the cold weather!

@Ace96x10 Жыл бұрын

Corruption and incompetence. It's not hard to figure out.

@debturcott6800 Жыл бұрын

😮I hope that contract company paid for their mistakes and time and not Edmonton.

@passatboi Жыл бұрын

At least you have an LRT. People in Winnipeg are jealous. They took years to build a busway, which is basically a road, and it still has traffic lights on it. :(

@Bradymcbridhe8304 11 ай бұрын

All problems are valid. I hope Winnipeg gets their own LRT system soon.

@maurobrandao9568 Жыл бұрын

Utter incompetence and a blatant disregard for taxpayers' money appear to be a recurring theme in Canadian transit projects. Toronto, exemplified by the ongoing Eglinton Crosstown project, is not exempt from these issues. Regrettably, it seems there is little we can do other than express our frustration, as this trend appears to be a persistent and unfortunate reality.

@dagothhyde7297 Жыл бұрын

Vancouver is doing pretty good with theirs

@ingefriedbianca Жыл бұрын

Governments do not choose contracting companies on the basis of experience or quality, they choose the lowest bidders.

@chrthewrestler2301 Жыл бұрын

everything works so slow here in canada. are you new to canada? hahahahaha

@chrthewrestler2301 Жыл бұрын

of course not the lowest bid. let's be honest, with that cost, other cities in other countries could do a complete underground metro with more stations. let's be honest. we should know why the costs were so high with old technology..... @@MrJoeSomebody

@Rick-C-117 6 ай бұрын

They choose the lowest of two or three outrageously high bids.

@greggreg2263 7 ай бұрын

Wow, three years behind schedule absolutely ridiculous. Everybody passing the buck None of these things. Should ever happen if things were managed properly😢

@Rick-C-117 6 ай бұрын

Why doesn’t the media ever name the private contractors involved in these “consortiums”? They get to hide behind some name like TransEd or Translinx.

@comedianmattrossey Жыл бұрын

Probably the same company that is building new lines here in Toronto, (GTA), as they also are running greatly behind. One such line here in Toronto is the Eglington LRT Line which is wayyyyy over on the time that was quoted for the line to be completed and running. And from what is publically known here, same kinds of problems and excuses. Meanwhile in Vancouver, where I used to live, has more than doubled the size, length and 3 of new stations, maybe even tripled them. And they are continuing to build more. When I was in Vancouver this past summer I was totally blown away by how the transit by Subway and LRT has grown and was intelligently designed. You can now get almost everywhere in the Lower Mainland of the GVRD. And with the new lines they are working on and completing now, in another 3 maybe 4 years there won't be anywhere in the GVRD including North and West Vancouver, that don't have some form of light rail accessible public transit.

@AlbertMark-nb9zo Жыл бұрын

It's not. It's a consortium, in a Private Public Partnership. Would some of the companies within be the same. Maybe but all large projects are subject to the same.

@pannu679 8 ай бұрын

I think the Mayor is eating the money slowly ...

@MinSionShineZaw-s1y Жыл бұрын

❤ love

@alerickson3885 8 ай бұрын

Poor management by city officials. Clearly not qualified to oversee even simple projects. The city better fire those responsible. Our taxes shouldn't go to paying for failure.

@stevev4863 4 ай бұрын

We need sky train not LRT block traffic

@mikemiller4776 Жыл бұрын

Canadian good works 👏

@dominickkleinmeyer7009 4 ай бұрын

It was worth it the train is great

@Dankyjrthethird 4 ай бұрын

In hindsight i think most ppl (sensible ppl) would agree. In 10-15 years no one will care it was delayed by a few years.

@bullyarena3923 Жыл бұрын

Are we forgetting all the delays and lack of work during the pandemic?..and how hard it was to keep canadian workers on the job..the lack of concrete and building supplies the industry was going through, the influx of cheap foreign workers replacing locals that was happening at that time? Blatchford LRT had similar issues..I know this first hand.

@firstlast-pt5pp 11 ай бұрын

they won the contract in 2016. 90% of the works are outside and the other engineering/admin works can be done at home.

@youtubech6090 Жыл бұрын

Canada need china not murica

@chrthewrestler2301 Жыл бұрын

yes, to build high speed rail and sky scrappers. we dont have any of those. hahaaa. we are old have old technologies to be honest. hahaha the world has changed.

@firstlast-pt5pp 11 ай бұрын

@@chrthewrestler2301- a school in Ningbo, China is awarded "building of the year" in the world for 2023 - designed and built in China.

@firstlast-pt5pp 11 ай бұрын

as if a quarter discount Canada has a say 😂

@chrthewrestler2301 11 ай бұрын

what is it called? @@firstlast-pt5pp