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What should be done about LRT expansion?

Context:

The City of Edmonton's LRT Network Plan, adopted in 2009, consists of five lines extending in all directions. There are currently about $5.8 billion worth of LRT expansion projects underway on three of those lines; nothing has been done beyond the strategy phase on the other two.

Candidate responses Voter responses

Candidate responses

A total of 67 candidates have responded to the survey. Here's how they answered this question:

a) Divert budget from other projects to build the LRT more quickly

Candidates that selected this response:

b) Continue with the current plan

Candidates that selected this response:

c) Pause LRT construction and consider bus rapid transit instead

Candidates that selected this response:

d) Pause LRT construction and explore more future-focused technology like autonomous vehicle networks

Candidates that selected this response:

e) I don't have a position on this issue

Candidates that selected this response:

Candidates that skipped this question:

Voter responses

Based on more than 16,000 responses received as of Oct. 14, here's how voters answered this question:

Overall

By ward

Note: Taproot excluded surveys with fewer than two answers from these results. It was possible for voters to fill out the survey multiple times, but unlikely at a large scale given the structure of the survey. Voters were not able to select "I don't have a position on this issue".

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