Green Line LRT

Province: Alberta

City/Region: Calgary

Image Credit: City of Calgary

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Project End: 2027

Project Type: LRT

Industry Sector: Transit

Project Amount: $4.9 billion

Date of Completion: 2027

Funding Source: Public

Federal Funding: $$1.64 billion

Provincial Funding: $1.7 billion

Municipal Funding: $1.56 billion

Private Funding: 1560000000

Road or Transit Length (KM): 46

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About The Project

The Green Line Light Rail Transit system will add 28 stations and 46 kilometres of track to Calgary’s existing LRT system. The line will run from 16th Avenue north to 126 Avenue SE, with an underground tunnel for the downtown portion of the system. The initial plans were for the Green Line to be constructed as a bus-only transitway but was later converted to LRT as funding became available. With the selection of Bow Transit Connectors (BTC), in 2023, the Development Phase, has begun, which will allow for collaboration, design progression, and agreement on project costs, risks, and overall schedule between Green Line and BTC, before signing a Project Agreement. As part of negotiations, Green Line agreed to extend the Development Phase from approximately 12 months to 16 months to allow for greater design progression and cost certainty. The Implementation Phase remains on track to begin in 2024. 

Project Owner: City of Calgary

P3 Team Members/Project Team: Development Partner: Bow Transit Connectors (Barnard Constructors of Canada, LP; Flatiron Constructors Canada Ltd.; WSP Canada; EllisDon Capital Inc.—financial advisor) Delivery Team: CSIX Partners (AtkinsRéalis; Aldea Services Inc.; Altus Group; Mott MacDonald; Turner & Townsend)

Engineer: Hatch; Wood E&I (WSP) (consulting/geotechnical studies); Tetra Tech, Arcadis-IBI Group (design); Comtech (consulting); Dillon; Egis (subcontracted to WSP) Consulting (design/planning)

Other Key Players: Colliers Project Leaders; CIMA+; RLB; A.W. Hooker Associates Ltd. (cost consultant); Graham Construction; INTECH Risk Management; Deloitte (pre-procurement assessment); Aon (risk advisor); Englobe (geotechnical studies); EY (management consultant); Hanscomb (cost consultant)

Architects: Sturgess Architecture

Vehicle Supplier: Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs)—CAF (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles)

Legal: Cassels & Graydon (advising the City of Calgary); Borden Ladner Gervais; Dentons; Stikeman Elliott LLP

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