Designs for southeast Calgary Green Line stations released

While the province and the City of Calgary work on a revised alignment for the Green Line, work on sections of the line are still going ahead.

On Monday, Green Line staff showcased some of the designs for stations south of Stampede Park in an information session.

Adam Noble-Johnson, manager of community and business relations for the project, says the designs are different from what many Calgarians are used to.

“Folks are seeing this for the first time, so there’s lot of questions on how our plan works… trying to understand how things are going to sit, and how things are going to work for there community,” he explained.

The event, one of three information sessions scheduled this week, showcased nine different southeast stations, starting from Ramsay/Inglewood and ending at Shepard.

After initially pulling funding on the Green Line in September, bringing the project to a halt, the province agreed to recommit funds in October.

A construction firm is now set to build a new, at-grade or elevated downtown alignment by the end of the year.

The province says this option is cheaper than previous proposals.

City council will need to sign off on the revised alignment, expected to be presented in December.

Mayor Jyoti Gondek says the project can’t go ahead without support from the province.

“We can no longer bare full financial risk of this project, we cannot be the one that supports the financing of this project… we are looking for the provincial government to act as provincial transit authority,” she said.

The Green Line committee says it will continue to work on its southeast designs until the new year.

More information on Green Line information sessions, can be found on the city’s website.