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2024
- 'The market is tough': Councillors warned Green Line costs could go up
- "You need to make sure you're articulating what your next move is when it comes to the Green Line and how there's still a return on investment for Calgarians for a project of this magnitude,’ she said. ‘We need to see more numbers and need to be able to communicate that to Calgarians on the risk analysis and what this project will look like.’”
- Calgary council prepares for 'difficult conversations' as cost for Green Line escalates | CTV News
- How much more can Calgarians take on their bottom line? And so if we are delivering on projects of this magnitude and we have to add tax, how are we justifying that after the last four years of increases with this council?" said Sonya Sharp, councillor for Ward 1.
- Calgary's on-demand transit service readies for big expansion - LiveWire Calgary (Published August 14, 2024)
- Calgary to gather details on a wind-down of the Green Line - LiveWire Calgary (Published September 4, 2024)
- “What I get from the letter, though, is that they’re not against the project. They want to see a different alignment. I wanted to see a different alignment.”
- Bell: Will Gondek-led council get on board with Smith's Green Line? | Calgary Herald (Published September 6, 2024)
- “Don’t you think we owe it to Calgarians to re-evaluate this whole project? We need to get rail to the southeast and everybody knows that.”
- Dozens rally to save Green Line as council considers project's future | CTV News (Published September 16, 2024)
- "If you wind down a project like this, yes, there's a financial risk, but there's a reputational risk," said Sonya Sharp, the city's councillor for Ward 1.
- Calgary city council votes to wind down Green Line LRT project | CTV News (Published September 17, 2024)
- Coun. Sonya Sharp pitched an unsuccessful motion to pause the wind-down to come up with a new project plan along with the province and federal government.
- "I don't believe that winding down this project is financially responsible," she said, adding that doing so will probably "kill it forever."
- Bell: Calgary Green Line, city council and the dumpster fire burns | Calgary Herald (Published September 18, 2024)
- “For some of you who continually use your debate to cut me down and call my work stupid and make this super political. Good for you.”
- “I’m actually showing up to at least try. Calgarians elected us to represent them and not yield to party politics because it’s a government you don’t like. I think that’s actually pathetic.”
- Bell: Councillor tells Gondek, others to stop their Green Line whining (Published September, 2024)
- “The majority of this council has brought us to rock bottom but they keep lowering the rock,” says Sharp.
- Province agrees to preserve some existing work on Green Line LRT following Calgary mayor's letter | CBC News (Published September 20, 2024)
- Sonya Sharp, councillor for Ward 1, told CBC News that Gondek's letter carries a noticeable shift in tone in communications between the mayor and the province.
- Gondek previously blasted Dreeshen for pulling funding, accusing the province of only being "interested in power and political stunting."