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An 11-kilometre light-rail extension through Kanata, from Moodie Drive to Hazeldean Road, would cost $1.85 billion, a new report says.
The report published Wednesday reveals the results of the Kanata LRT environmental assessment. It confirms that the preferred route would see westbound trains leaving Moodie station travelling on tracks on the north side of Highway 417, crossing the highway to the Canadian Tire Centre and continuing south to a terminus at Hazeldean Road. It means LRT could serve the growing Stittsville area.
There are eight stations and four park and rides in the Kanata LRT three-phase blueprint. According to the city, the rail extension would bring 90 per cent of Kanata residents within five kilometres of rail, and 80 per cent of all Ottawa residents would be within five kilometres of rail. A pedestrian bridge over the highway would connect the park-and-ride at Eagleson Road to an LRT station on the north side of the highway.
But here’s the kicker: the city can’t afford it.
Not right now, anyway.
Kanata LRT isn’t in the city’s “affordable” transportation plans, which are mapped out to 2031. There’s no indication when council will update the transportation master plan.
So, for now, the city has a plan it can put on a shelf until there’s more money available from each level of government.
The ultimate transportation network currently calls for LRT to stop at the Canadian Tire Centre. The addition of the stretch between the Canadian Tire Centre and Hazeldean Road adds $500 million to the high-level cost estimate, which is in 2017 dollars.
The city shortlisted three possible routes through Kanata from 13 options. The other two routes would have dipped either north or south into Kanata before ending at the Canadian Tire Centre. The city determined that a straight shot through Kanata was most efficient.
City staff will ask the transportation committee to approve the functional design of Kanata LRT during a meeting next Wednesday.
Kanata LRT priority phasing and cost estimates
1. Moodie station to Terry Fox station, $710 million
2. Terry Fox station to Palladium station, $640 million
3. Palladium station to Hazeldean station, $500 million
Total Project Cost: $1.85 billion
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The report published Wednesday reveals the results of the Kanata LRT environmental assessment. It confirms that the preferred route would see westbound trains leaving Moodie station travelling on tracks on the north side of Highway 417, crossing the highway to the Canadian Tire Centre and continuing south to a terminus at Hazeldean Road. It means LRT could serve the growing Stittsville area.
There are eight stations and four park and rides in the Kanata LRT three-phase blueprint. According to the city, the rail extension would bring 90 per cent of Kanata residents within five kilometres of rail, and 80 per cent of all Ottawa residents would be within five kilometres of rail. A pedestrian bridge over the highway would connect the park-and-ride at Eagleson Road to an LRT station on the north side of the highway.
But here’s the kicker: the city can’t afford it.
Not right now, anyway.
Kanata LRT isn’t in the city’s “affordable” transportation plans, which are mapped out to 2031. There’s no indication when council will update the transportation master plan.
So, for now, the city has a plan it can put on a shelf until there’s more money available from each level of government.
The ultimate transportation network currently calls for LRT to stop at the Canadian Tire Centre. The addition of the stretch between the Canadian Tire Centre and Hazeldean Road adds $500 million to the high-level cost estimate, which is in 2017 dollars.
The city shortlisted three possible routes through Kanata from 13 options. The other two routes would have dipped either north or south into Kanata before ending at the Canadian Tire Centre. The city determined that a straight shot through Kanata was most efficient.
City staff will ask the transportation committee to approve the functional design of Kanata LRT during a meeting next Wednesday.
Kanata LRT priority phasing and cost estimates
1. Moodie station to Terry Fox station, $710 million
2. Terry Fox station to Palladium station, $640 million
3. Palladium station to Hazeldean station, $500 million
Total Project Cost: $1.85 billion
jwilling@postmedia.com
twitter.com/JonathanWilling
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