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

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CBC Edmonton waded through thousands of documents, never before seen by the public or city council, to find out why Edmonton's newest LRT line was three years behind schedule when it opened in November.
In addition, publicly available data shows more than two dozen safety violations and an injury rate for TransEd employees several times higher than the industry average. Experts say those figures raise concerns about the company’s approach to worker safety: • Worker injuries, safet...
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@amo_res9266 9 месяцев назад

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 Месяц назад

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 10 месяцев назад

Canadian cities need more subway

@Jhartun 8 месяцев назад

They help a lot with the cold weather!

@passatboi 9 месяцев назад

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. :(

@Jhartun 8 месяцев назад

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

@Ace96x10 10 месяцев назад

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

@debturcott6800 10 месяцев назад

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

@greggreg2263 3 месяца назад

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

@maurobrandao9568 10 месяцев назад

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 10 месяцев назад

Vancouver is doing pretty good with theirs

@ingefriedbianca 10 месяцев назад

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

@chrthewrestler2301 10 месяцев назад

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

@chrthewrestler2301 10 месяцев назад

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 3 месяца назад

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

@comedianmattrossey 10 месяцев назад

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 10 месяцев назад

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.

@Rick-C-117 3 месяца назад

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.

@crowmob-yo6ry 10 месяцев назад

NIMBYs and car-addicted suburbanites. Enough said.

@MinSionShineZaw-s1y 10 месяцев назад

❤ love

@pannu679 4 месяца назад

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

@stevev4863 Месяц назад

We need sky train not LRT block traffic

@alerickson3885 5 месяцев назад

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.

@bullyarena3923 9 месяцев назад

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 8 месяцев назад

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

@mikemiller4776 10 месяцев назад

Canadian good works 👏

@dominickkleinmeyer7009 Месяц назад

It was worth it the train is great

@Dankyjrthethird 27 дней назад

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.

@youtubech6090 10 месяцев назад

Canada need china not murica

@chrthewrestler2301 10 месяцев назад

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 8 месяцев назад

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

@firstlast-pt5pp 8 месяцев назад

as if a quarter discount Canada has a say 😂

@chrthewrestler2301 8 месяцев назад

what is it called? @@firstlast-pt5pp