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Bell: Calgary Green Line death watch is on, with the LRT now on life support

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Calgary city council meets Tuesday to discuss the Green Line LRT .

The deadline is Feb. 7 and the province has given city hall more time to consider the verdict.

If there is a No Vote, the city would have to pay the contract penalties with construction companies and the significant added costs.

The province is not going to turn around and cut off the south segment.

The UCP government’s Green Line point man says the project was a “completely ridiculous plan of building a 46-kilometre Green Line for about $5 billion .” The federal and provincial governments helped bankroll the deal. The line is a shadow of its former self. “When serious people started to look at it they realized it was a ridiculous fantasy.” So here we are this day . Waiting..

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