Calgary city council has voted to end work on the first phase of its long-sought $6.2-billion Green Line light rail transit project at a cost of at least $2.1 billion.

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Calgary city council votes to wind down long-sought, long-troubled Green Line LRT project

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The decision comes in response to the government of Alberta pulling its $1.53-billion share of funding for the project after the first phase was shortened due to cost escalations.

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Calgary city council has voted in favour of winding down the Green Line LRT project.

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Calgary city council votes to wind down Green Line LRT project

It will cost at least $850 million to wind down work on the Green Line, city officials confirmed Tuesday, adding up to a total price tag of nearly $2.2 billion in sunk costs — without building a single kilometre of track.

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'It's literally not possible to continue on': Calgary councillors vote to 'wind down' work on Green Line project

Calgary City Council formally approved the wind down of the Phase 1 of the Green Line LRT project, from Lynnwood/Millican in the southeast to Eau Claire. After receiving project approval from Council in July, the withdrawal of financial support by the Alberta government earlier this month while they consider an alternate scope and alignment for a future LRT project to the southeast rendered this decision inevitable, according to a statement rele…

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The City of Quincy, with the support of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), is receiving a $4.2 federal million grant on behalf of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to modernize the Squantum Point Park Ferry Pier.

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