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Originally Posted by FarmerHaight
Also remember that Brentwood has a rail connection to all of the Tri-Cities and SoF (albeit, with some annoying transfers from Expo to Millennium).
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I do know it is part of the plans for the Broadway Extension to bring the Production Way leg all the way back through Brentwood (terminus at Arbutus). However until that happens there isn't a great connection. If you're coming from SoF you've got to connect at Columbia, then Production-Way (or Lougheed) then again at Brentwood. 3 connections versus 1 when you can just take the Expo to Waterfront and get on the Seabus or 1 when you can take the Expo to Metrotown and then connect there.
I think it would be annoying to the point of uselessness. I get the need to bring transit across the IWB, but in theory we need to plan a new bridge for that, whereas the Metrotown to PNE leg we don't need a new bridge.
Phasing will likely have cost drawbacks as you're doubling up on many costs, and when the total pricetag for this project will likely approach $10B+ (especially with a new road bridge included), doing it as one megaproject could have cost savings in the billions versus chopping it up into phases.
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