Calgary mayor discusses Green Line, re-election plans in year-end interview [Video]

Jyoti Gondek, mayor of Calgary, discusses the future of the Green Line LRT project, her plans to seek re-election and more with Alberta Primetime host Michael Higgins.

This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

Michael Higgins: Alberta’s transportation minister recently announced the province’s take on the Green Line project.

The plan builds off a third-party report and eliminates tunneling downtown, extends the LRT all the way to Shepherd, and keeps the same budget of $6.2 billion.

Let’s start on the province pulling the wraps of its own green line plan. How did the details land with council? Is there enough here to put the project back on track?

Jyoti Gondek:We didn’t actually get any information about a report until 7 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 13. I know that report was submitted to the province on Dec. 2, so we waited for 11 days to find out more about it. Unfortunately when we were given our briefing, we had no materials …