04-26-2023, 08:54 AM
Does the 4.5 Billion include the operations costs? I feel like whichever consultant firm got paid to come up with the costs estimate used the last couple years of construction cost escalations and applied it for a decade. There is no way Phase 2 can cost the same as the Green line in Calgary, even in 5-10 years. As much as I would love for Cambridge to get the ION and finally feel like part of the Region, I don't see it ever happening with this price tag. Unfortunately I think as soon as the region decided to split the line into 2 phases we sealed the fate of cambridge ever seeing rail transit.