Detailed design of the North LRT to NAIT is 95 percent complete, which means all aspects of Edmonton’s next shift in transportation mode are being finalized.
Using engineering analysis the North LRT design team has synthesized over the last 15 months, one of the City’s consultants, ISL Engineering & Land Services Ltd., created a video animation of the entire project from Churchill Station to NAIT. This five minute video offers the latest, most complete vision of the North LRT to NAIT and how it will affect Edmonton’s urban landscape.
Please have a look at the video below. Turn up the volume if you wish to hear the commentary that explains features of the North LRT.
To achieve this vision, construction preparations will intensify in 2011 with ongoing utility relocations and major roadworks on 105 Street, 104 Street, Kingsway Avenue and 106 Street. Construction of three new LRT stations will begin in 2012 and tracks will be laid from Churchill to NAIT in 2013.
The North LRT to NAIT is scheduled to begin operation in April 2014.