Committee news in brief - Feb. 18, 2015

Council News in Brief - Pilot
SPC on Transit and Transportation
February 18, 2015

Macleod Trail Corridor Study- Deferral (Item 3.1)

The Committee agreed to recommend Council approve Administration’s request to defer the Macleod Trail Corridor Study Report to no later than the 2015 May 20 meeting of SPC on Transportation and Transit.

North Central LRT – Centre City Options (Item 3.2)

Calgary Transit presented four options that were investigated for connecting the North Central LRT and the Southeast LRT in the Centre City, from approximately 24 Avenue N to 10 Avenue S:

• Option A- use the existing Centre Street bridge and build at-grade
• Option B- build a new bridge west of Centre Street bridge and tunnel to 24 Avenue N
• Option C- build a new bridge west of Centre Street bridge and remainelevated through the Centre City
• Option D- tunnel from 24 Avenue N to 10 Street S

The Committee approved the recommendation that Council direct Administration to investigate each of the four options in further detail to refine our understanding of various factors including construction costs and quality of operations, and return to the SPC on Transportation and Transit in Q4 2015.

As part of that approval, Administration is committed to analyse Option A with a separate bridge, in addition to Option A using the existing Centre Street bridge.

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