{"id":543590,"date":"2026-03-18T02:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543590\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T02:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T02:22:15","slug":"quebec-city-leaders-in-edmonton-to-learn-about-lrt-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543590\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec City leaders in Edmonton to learn about LRT expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Believe it or not, Edmonton\u2019s LRT is attracting national attention as leaders from Quebec City made the trip to Edmonton this week to see how our city runs. Tuesday morning, the mayor of Quebec City even rode on the Edmonton Valley Line LRT.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we look at what you have done since more than 40 years, you have done a lot. Way much more than other cities in Canada, much more than Quebec City. So we are here to learn, how do we plan more than 20 years,\u201d said Bruno Marchand, Mayor of Quebec City.<\/p>\n

Leaders from Quebec City say while they know Edmonton\u2019s Valley Line Southeast LRT has had its issues, they are here to learn from their counterparts at Edmonton City Hall.<\/p>\n

The mayor of Quebec City told CityNews he\u2019s inspired by the foresight of Edmonton\u2019s city leaders to build the LRT line extension.<\/p>\n

\"\"Valley Line LRT. (Darcy Ropchan, CityNews)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s impossible to build the thing you have built at the same price now, five years later. It\u2019s impossible. The prices have gone up, sometimes double or triple. So you have done things in time when it is cheaper,\u201d said Mayor Marchand.<\/p>\n

From cracked concrete pillars causing construction delays to car crashes on the street-level LRT line, those in charge of LRT expansion with the City of Edmonton acknowledge some of the problems with the construction of the LRT line expansion, but say their colleagues from Quebec can still learn a thing or two.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople like to focus on some the negativity, but we actually had a lot of great things go on and work really well as a part of the project, including the Davies Station,\u201d said Bruce Ferguson, LRT expansion and renewal with the City of Edmonton. \u201cWe learn from every project, and I think there\u2019s always something that we would do differently, but at the same time, I think we have a beautiful LRT system at the same time that is functioning really, really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Inside the Valley Line LRT. (Darcy Ropchan, CityNews)<\/p>\n

But while Quebec City leaders get a grand tour of Edmonton Valley Line Southeast LRT, what do those who ride the train every day have to say?<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce it got going, it was really, really good. The background was a little bit dubious because it took so long, but I suppose all good things take time,\u201d said one transit rider.<\/p>\n

Another transit rider said, \u201cI guess it depends on what time you\u2019re on the train. I guess it\u2019s not bad, but there are obviously some colourful characters. I think it\u2019s a bit expensive, and there\u2019s too much enforcement, because people who take the train clearly can\u2019t afford vehicles, and are also still working taxpayers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The delegation from Quebec City is also getting a tour of Edmonton\u2019s waste management facility, late Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Believe it or not, Edmonton\u2019s LRT is attracting national attention as leaders from Quebec City made the trip…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-543590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}