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Metro Line Northwest LRT Display Boards Welcome Metro Line Northwest LRT Extension Project Today’s open house provides you with an update on the Metro Line NW LRT extension, and an opportunity to help us plan how stations will be integrated into your community. Please put a pin on the map to let us know where you are coming from in the community and please stay engaged! OXFORD DUNLUCE Campbell Rd NW CARLTON EAUX CLAIRES Future St. Albert 127 STREET BEAUMARIS Park and Ride 153 AVENUE 137 STREET 153 Ave NW CASTLE DOWNS 142 StNW EVANSDALE CUMBERLAND CAERNARVON 145 AVENUE BARANOW GRIESBACH CARLISLE HUDSON NORTHMOUNT 137 Ave NW 137 AVENUE 137 Ave NW PEMBINA 97 StNW 97 StNW KENSINGTON ROSSLYN GLENGARRY 82 StNW Please tell 127 StNW WELLINGTON us where 132 AVENUE 113a StNW 113a StNW CALDER you live ATHLONE LAUDERDALE KILLARNEY For more information on the 127 Ave NW 127 Ave NW Metro Line NW LRT project, please visit edmonton.ca/metronw Yellowhead Trail Yellowhead Trail St. Albert Trail NW DELTON BLATCHFORD 97 StNW 82 StNW 127 StNW PRINCE CHARLES 118 Ave NW PERMANENT 118 Ave NW Groat Rd NW Rd Groat Groat Rd NW Rd Groat NAIT STATION ALBERTA AVENUE TEMPORARY Kingsway NAIT STATION INGLEWOOD 124 StNW SPRUCE Ave NW Princess Elizabeth AVENUE 112 Ave NW 111 Ave NW 111 Ave NW KINGSWAY/ ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL QUEEN MARY MCCAULEY PARK CENTRAL 101 StNW WESTMOUNT MCDOUGALL 107 Ave NW MACEWAN Stony Plain Rd NW BOYLE STREET 104 Ave NW 105 StNW 109 StNW 109 StNW CHURCHILL OLIVER RIVERDALE Jasper Ave DOWNTOWN Future Metro Line NW LRT Extension Future Metro Line Extension Alignment Rossdale RD NW ROSSDALE Future Metro Line Stations Scona RD NW METRO LINE LRT EXPANSION PROJECT 2 Edmonton’s 153 AVENUE PARK & RIDE 137 STREET 127 STREET CASTLE DOWNS 1 LRT Network GORMAN 145 AVENUE CLAREVIEW Plan GRIESBACH ANTHONY HENDAY DRIVE 132 AVENUE BELVEDERE BLATCHFORD NAIT Expanding the LRT system COLISEUM 149 STREET 142 STREET GLENORA124 STREET 116 STREET112 STREET107 STREET KINGSWAY/ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL is a key priority for the 156 STREET 120 STREET MACEWAN STADIUM City to meet Edmonton’s 95 AVENUE WEST EDMONTON MALL CENTRE CHURCHILL transportation needs as it WEST QUARTERS MEADOWLARK 105/106 STREET MUTTART MISERICORDIA LEWIS FARMS 182 STREET GRANDIN continues to grow. PARK & RIDE BAY/ ENTERPRISECENTRAL 3 CORONASQUARE STRATHEARN DRIVE HENDAY ANTHONY By 2040, the City of Edmonton aims to UNIVERSITY HOLYROOD expand LRT service to all sectors of HEALTH SCIENCES the City. BONNIE DOON MCKERNAN BELGRAVIA SOUTH CAMPUS 73 AVENUE The Metro Line NW LRT extension will WAGNER connect communities in the northwest part of the city to key destinations and SOUTHGATE the City Centre. MILLBOURNE CENTURY PARK GREY NUNS MILL WOODS 1 CAPITAL LINE NE EDMONTON TO HERITAGE VALLEY 4 5 METRO LINE 2 ELLERSLIE ROAD 153 AVENUE TO HEALTH SCIENCES PARK & RIDE ENERGY LINE 20 AVENUE SW 3 LEWIS FARMS TO SHERWOOD PARK HERITAGE VALLEY VALLEY LINE 4 DESROCHERS LEWIS FARMS TO ELLERSLIE 5 FESTIVAL LINE SHERWOOD PARK TO ELLERSLIE 1,381 Public engagement participants Metro Line 2009 February to July Corridor Selection Northwest Project History The City of Edmonton launched a study to evaluate potential Northwest LRT corridors. A public involvement process was developed to work within the technical analysis of route options and the LRT Route Evaluation Criteria. Public In 2009/2010, the city evaluated corridor options to connect involvement included online questionnaires, workshops and public hearings. the planned NAIT station to a future Park and Ride facility at the northwest city limits July The Edmonton City Council approved the corridor for the Northwest LRT and added this In 2013/2014, City Council approved the northwest LRT Concept corridor to the Transportation Systems Bylaw. Plan and identifed public support for the LRT expansion to the x north and northwest parts of the city. 2011 & 2012 Concept Planning Study Input was gathered from key internal and external stakeholders, including directly impacted residents, & Public Engagement businesses and the communities in which they live to assist with the concept planning phase of the project. What stakeholders had to say: • Support for expanding the Metro Line to connect to the City of St. Albert. • LRT expansion has great potential to serve both the region Comments received at public meetings, individual and the local population. stakeholder meetings and through online consultation and x communications informed the overall design process. • The alignment must serve residents where they live, work and play. • Concerns regarding traffic congestion at intersections, noise impacts and safety. 2013 2014 - 2015 2016 • LRT planning should integrate and complement other Concept Plan Approved Applications for Funding Engineering/Design transportation modes, such as transit, pedestrian and by City Council $ cyclist connections. Funding Becomes Available through the Public Transportation Infrastructure Fund. $ $ Examples of adjustments made to the recommended Concept Plan: November June 2017 • Provided intersection access to YMCA from Castle Downs Road signalled and pedestrian crossings. Concept Validation x Public engagement events and & Preliminary Engineering, • Provided a Park and Ride at Campbell Road. Indigenous Relations program developed and implemented. Contract is awarded • Improved continuity of shared use path at 137 Avenue. • Established ‘urban style‘ guidelines to improve how LRT ‘fits’ into communities. 2018 January Late Fall 2018 Procurement Public engagement events, x Final engagement reporting stakeholder meetings and online and transition to procurement engagement will continue through will take place. the preliminary engineering phase. Metro Line Centre Running LRT Alignment Urban style LRT is designed to be easily accessible for all transit users, and to ft into the Sidewalk South Bound LRT Right of Way North Bound Shared-Use roadway to allow for efcient Lane Lane Path trafc fow. Centre running alignment with ‘embedded’ track Embedded track design is recommended from NAIT Station to Castle Downs Station when the track is running at street level. • This design has fewer barriers (e.g., gates, fencing). LRT trains move at lower speeds (less than 50km/hr). Construction costs and maintenance requirements are higher compared to ballasted track. Ballasted track is recommended from Castle Downs Station west to 153 Avenue Station when the track is running at Shared-Use East Bound LRT Right of Way West Bound Sidewalk street level. Path Lanes Lanes • Ballasted track is lower cost for construction and maintenance. The LRT travels at faster speeds, and the track is fenced and separated from trafc. Centre running alignment with ‘ballasted’ track The LRT alignment at 137 Avenue, Castle Downs, 127 Street and 142 Street intersections is being evaluated to determine if the LRT track should be elevated, at-grade or trenched. Metro Line Princess Elizabeth Avenue crossing has been evaluated in response to a LRT Station Design City Council motion in 2017. It is recommended that this crossing remain at-grade due to insufcient improvements for trafc, with high costs for grade separation and urban integration challenges. The following criteria are being used to evaluate options: Promotes safe and efcient pedestrian connections and Accessibility transfers between various Example transportations modes Elevated LRT Provides safe interactions Transportation between various modes of Network Operations transportation Promotes the City’s vision Urban Design and for integrating land use and Social Environment transportation development through urban LRT Example Feasibility and Reduces life cycle costs At-grade LRT – capital, operating, Construction maintenance and renewal Example Trenched LRT Metro Line CN Walker Yard Crossing – 2013 Concept Plan Alignment Option The Metro Line LRT will be elevated to cross over the CN rail yard. The crossing proposed 2013 concept plan option in the 2013 Concept Plan placed the alignment close to homes on 113A Street. Further evaluation has identifed a new option to move the alignment towards the dog park area. Dog Park Summer shadow efect Winter shadow efect Metro Line CN Walker Yard Crossing – 2018 Alignment Option Continued planning for the CN Walker Rail Yard crossing has identifed an alignment that potentially moves the crossing farther away from homes on 2018 alignment option 113A Street. This option is still being evaluated. Dog Park Summer shadow efect Winter shadow efect Metro Line 137 Avenue NW/ 113 A Street/Castle Downs Road 137 Avenue NW is an arterial roadway, used by over 34,000 vehicles per day. At-grade and trenched options have been evaluated for this location and At-grade perspective show that: • At-grade LRT is better for urban design, environment and construction feasibility • The trenched option is better for trafc and network operations • Both options are equally good for transit user access Trenched perspective Metro Line Castle Downs Road/153 Avenue This busy intersection is located in a residential area, close to the Castle Downs Family YMCA and a proposed Transit Centre. At-grade and trenched options have been evaluated for the At-grade perspective alignment and the station. This evaluation shows that: • LRT at-grade is better for transit user accessibility • The trenched option is better for trafc and network operations • Both at-grade and trenched options have similar urban design and environmental benefts Trenched perspective (from above) Trenched perspective (from station looking up) Metro Line 127 Street/ 153 Avenue The 127 Street and 153
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