After initially insisting its independent report on the new Green Line route needed to remain confidential, the province has made it public – with a lot of information missing.
The province said it wanted to give Calgary city council and the Green Line working group time to look over the information before making the report public.
Now it is public, though there is a lot redacted, including details on cost estimates and reasons why the route itself was chosen.
Missing information means Calgarians still don’t know why there’s a disparity in possible cost bet between the province and the city.
The Alberta government insists its elevated route through the Beltline and downtown would save money and cost $6.2 billion.
City officials say they’ve identified an additional $1.3 billion that is not included in this newly-released report.
What it shows
What is shows is an elevated track along 10thAvenue is what was looked at, and three options were considered about streets to head …