Rally held outside Calgary City Hall in support of Green Line LRT – Calgary [Video]

A rally was held outside of Calgary City Hall on Monday in support of the Green Line LRT.

Those who organized the rally said the Green Line is an essential project, and political leaders need to find a solution in order to get the line built.

Earlier this month, the province announced it will pull its $1.53-billion share of funding from the project pending a realignment of the Green Line. The move came after Calgary City Council decided to shorten the first phase of the line due to a more than $700-million increase to its budget.

The city is now looking at what handing the project over to the province would look like. It comes as the province says it is bringing in its own engineers to look at different alignments, including the possibility of running it up Deerfoot Trail.

City council struck down the idea of an LRT alignment in Deerfoot Valley and Nose …