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Advance the replacement south-to-north LRT program

Transit & transportation · Jan 28, 2025

What changed

Council endorsed a joint City–Alberta vision and directed concurrent work on the southeast, downtown and future extensions of the rail program.

City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 29, 2026

Why this decision is included

A replacement rail-programme authorization with a defined scope, retained separately from the abandoned 2024 rebase and without treating companion motions as extra evidence.

How votes are grouped: This proposal is one decision family. Its readings, amendments and contextual votes cannot create additional independent evidence; an unscored proposal contributes no weight.

What Yes meant

Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.

What No meant

Reject this particular vision and direction package.

Alternatives and outcome

Advance this replacement program, negotiate a different program or decline the package.

Council adopted the direction, including conditional 2025 southeast construction and downtown functional planning. This is not a declaration that the full line was built.

adopted
A recorded vote or adoption does not establish that a project or service was delivered.

Recorded choices

DatePersonDecisionRecorded voteMeaning and scoring rationaleUse
Jan 28, 2025
Andre ChabotAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The package expressly advances construction and planning for an LRT program, with specified conditions.
Reviewed policy choice
Jan 28, 2025
Andre ChabotAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The downtown functional-planning direction is another part of the same program package.
Context / unscored
Jan 28, 2025
Courtney WalcottAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programNo
Reject this particular vision and direction package.
The package expressly advances construction and planning for an LRT program, with specified conditions.
Reviewed policy choice
Jan 28, 2025
Courtney WalcottAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programNo
Reject this particular vision and direction package.
The downtown functional-planning direction is another part of the same program package.
Context / unscored
Jan 28, 2025
Dan McLeanAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The package expressly advances construction and planning for an LRT program, with specified conditions.
Reviewed policy choice
Jan 28, 2025
Dan McLeanAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The downtown functional-planning direction is another part of the same program package.
Context / unscored
Jan 28, 2025
Evan SpencerAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The package expressly advances construction and planning for an LRT program, with specified conditions.
Reviewed policy choice
Jan 28, 2025
Evan SpencerAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The downtown functional-planning direction is another part of the same program package.
Context / unscored
Jan 28, 2025
Gian-Carlo CarraAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The package expressly advances construction and planning for an LRT program, with specified conditions.
Reviewed policy choice
Jan 28, 2025
Gian-Carlo CarraAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The downtown functional-planning direction is another part of the same program package.
Context / unscored
Jan 28, 2025
Jasmine MianAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programNo
Reject this particular vision and direction package.
The package expressly advances construction and planning for an LRT program, with specified conditions.
Reviewed policy choice
Jan 28, 2025
Jasmine MianAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programNo
Reject this particular vision and direction package.
The downtown functional-planning direction is another part of the same program package.
Context / unscored
Jan 28, 2025
Jennifer WynessAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programNo
Reject this particular vision and direction package.
The package expressly advances construction and planning for an LRT program, with specified conditions.
Reviewed policy choice
Jan 28, 2025
Jennifer WynessAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programNo
Reject this particular vision and direction package.
The downtown functional-planning direction is another part of the same program package.
Context / unscored
Jan 28, 2025
Jyoti GondekAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The package expressly advances construction and planning for an LRT program, with specified conditions.
Reviewed policy choice
Jan 28, 2025
Jyoti GondekAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programNo
Reject this particular vision and direction package.
The downtown functional-planning direction is another part of the same program package.
Context / unscored
Jan 28, 2025
Kourtney PennerAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The package expressly advances construction and planning for an LRT program, with specified conditions.
Reviewed policy choice
Jan 28, 2025
Kourtney PennerAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programNo
Reject this particular vision and direction package.
The downtown functional-planning direction is another part of the same program package.
Context / unscored
Jan 28, 2025
Peter DemongAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The package expressly advances construction and planning for an LRT program, with specified conditions.
Reviewed policy choice
Jan 28, 2025
Peter DemongAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The downtown functional-planning direction is another part of the same program package.
Context / unscored
Jan 28, 2025
Raj DhaliwalAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programNo
Reject this particular vision and direction package.
The package expressly advances construction and planning for an LRT program, with specified conditions.
Reviewed policy choice
Jan 28, 2025
Raj DhaliwalAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programNo
Reject this particular vision and direction package.
The downtown functional-planning direction is another part of the same program package.
Context / unscored
Jan 28, 2025
Sean ChuAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The package expressly advances construction and planning for an LRT program, with specified conditions.
Reviewed policy choice
Jan 28, 2025
Sean ChuAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The downtown functional-planning direction is another part of the same program package.
Context / unscored
Jan 28, 2025
Sonya SharpAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The package expressly advances construction and planning for an LRT program, with specified conditions.
Reviewed policy choice
Jan 28, 2025
Sonya SharpAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The downtown functional-planning direction is another part of the same program package.
Context / unscored
Jan 28, 2025
Terry WongAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The package expressly advances construction and planning for an LRT program, with specified conditions.
Reviewed policy choice
Jan 28, 2025
Terry WongAdvance the replacement south-to-north LRT programYes
Endorse the shared vision and advance the stated construction and planning steps, subject to funding conditions.
The downtown functional-planning direction is another part of the same program package.
Context / unscored
Only reviewed policy choices are scored. Each independent decision family counts once per measure; choices within one budget or policy package share that family’s weight. statements, promises, absences and contextual amendments do not contribute. Two decisions are the minimum for a position. The sensitivity range shows the score after removing one decision at a time; it is not a statistical confidence interval or a prediction.

Published explanations

No sourced statements collected

This is a gap in the collected evidence; it does not establish a person’s views.

Documented policy leadership

No documented leadership entries collected

Sponsorship and committee appointments require an explicit source; a Yes vote alone does not establish either.