Green Line LRT

Province: Alberta

City/Region: Calgary

Image Credit: City of Calgary

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Project End: 2030

Project Type: LRT

Industry Sector: Transit

Project Amount: $6.25 billion

Date of Completion: 2030

Funding Source: Public

LEED Status: Certified

Road or Transit Length (KM): 17

Previous Rankings

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About The Project

The SE Segment is Phase 1 of the Green Line Light Rail Transit project, the City of Calgary’s largest-ever infratructure investment. The SE Segment, from Shepard in the southeast to the Event Centre/Grand Central Station in the Beltline, will build the first 16 kilometres of an overall 46-kilometre vision, before connecting with the future Downtown Segment and into the existing Red and Blue LRT Lines. Including the Downtown Segment, Phase 1 will build, 17.2 kilometres of twin-track LRT infrastructure, 12 new stations, a maintenance and storage facility, three Park and Ride lots, and 28 new modern low-floor light rail vehicles.

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 (AtkinsRealis; Aldea Services Inc.; Altus Group; Mott MacDonald; Turner & Townsend)

Engineer: Hatch; Wood E&I (WSP) (consulting/geotechnical studies); Tetra Tech, Arcadis (design); Accenture (consulting); Dillon Consulting (design/planning); Stantec (consulting/planning)

Contractor: 78 Ave. / 78 Ave. LRT Bridge /114 Ave. and Barlow Trail SE Piling: Graham Construction Ogden Road Realignment: North Star Contracting Blackfoot Trail LRT Bridge: EllisDon Maintenance and Storage Facility Grading and Site Servicing: KLS Earthworks & Environmental

Other Key Players: Colliers Project Leaders (project management); EY (financial advisor); Hanscomb, Turner & Townsend (cost consultant)

Architects: Sturgess Architecture

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

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

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