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Varcoe: 'It's Step 1' — Green Line is alive, but much more required to fully reanimate once-dead project

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Calgarians are about to find out when it comes to the beleaguered Green Line LRT project.

The civic megaproject, declared DOA just a few weeks ago , is back.

The two governments agreed to advance work on existing plans to construct the new LRT line from 4th Street S.E. to Shepard.

The province reaffirmed its previous financial commitment of $1.5 billion .

Mayor Gondek : Having provincial money back on the table is huge.

Mayor Chabot : New accord should minimize, if not eliminate, any unrecoverable costs.

Business groups had been calling for both sides to find a resolution.

“It’s a Green Line Phase 1,” says Calgary Construction Association president Bill Black .

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