Last spring, Brad Smid, LRT Design & Construction Project Manager, took a helicopter tour of downtown and northwest Edmonton. The purpose? To get a bird’s-eye-view of the future North LRT route and bring back footage to help residents and City administration visualize where the North LRT to NAIT will run less than 2.5 years from now.
Check it out:
From ground level, it’s difficult to envision the future North LRT and what it will mean for the way we move in the city. We focus on construction impacting traffic, businesses and neighbourhoods in the MacEwan, Kingsway and NAIT area, when the conversation should really be about how these areas will benefit from accessible public transit when the project is completed.
However, progress is being made. Kingsway has been relocated, the tunnel portal on 105 Avenue and foundations for Kingsway/Royal Alex Station and MacEwan Station are being built and track slab is being laid on 104 Street, Kingsway and 106 Street.
Hopefully the helicopter video and animated NLRT videogive you a better idea of what the North LRT will look like once it’s complete and in operation.
Aggressively expanding Edmonton’s LRT network will bring us one step closer to having a more sustainable, compact and environmentally friendly transportation system and a revitalized downtown.
For more information on North LRT, visit www.edmonton.ca/nlrt
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