Alberta premier considers north LRT route ahead of key vote on Calgarys Green Line – Calgary [Video]

Calgary city council is preparing for a key decision on the future of the first phase of the Green Line LRT to the southeast, but Alberta Premier Danielle Smith shared her thoughts on the second stage of the project — connecting the line with northern neighbourhoods.

The provincial government pulled its funding from the truncated first phase of the project last week after cost escalations, and announced its intention to find a new alignment for the southeast leg of the Green Line that extends to Seton and doesn’t tunnel under the downtown core.

“The second phase of that will see what will be the alignment to be able to serve north Calgary as well,” Smith said during a press conference Wednesday.

“It may be that using the Deerfoot Valley on the route to the airport and then further up to Airdrie, which is one of the things we want to do using the existing CP …