Fantastic news out of Alberta! The companies EllisDon and AECOM are proposing a high speed rail line between Calgary, Red Deer and Edmonton. Here is their press release. We will be watching this closely.
Edmonton,
AB, July 8, 2021—EllisDon, a world-leading
construction services and infrastructure development company, announced today
that they have formed a partnership to advance the development of high-speed
rail connecting Edmonton, Red Deer, and Calgary in Alberta, Canada. EllisDon
and its team took the initiative to propose the project within the Government
of Alberta’s Unsolicited Proposal Guidelines and Framework.
"The
notion of high-speed rail — a proven technology around the world — connecting
Edmonton, Red Deer, and Calgary in Alberta is not new, but we believe that its
time has come. We have built a team with both the capacity and faith in the
future of our province to advance it in a meaningful way for Albertans,"
said Jeffrey Hansen-Carlson, Director with EllisDon Capital and Project
Director for Prairie Link.
Prairie
Link has secured a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) from Alberta
Transportation laying the foundation for cooperatively advancing project
development. With an estimated capital cost of $9 billion, the project will be
among the largest and most defining nation-building transportation projects in
Alberta's history.
“Since
this is a private sector initiative it is very important to us that we continue
to maintain positive and solution-orientated day-to-day relationships with the
great people that work for the Government of Alberta,” said Joey Comeau, Chief
Operating Officer and Executive Vice-President of EllisDon Capital and Chair of
the Board of Prairie Link.
The
Prairie Link team has already commenced Indigenous engagement and established
an advisory committee to guide project development.
“We
are committed to the generational prosperity of our Indigenous partners. We are
committed to the regional prosperity of Edmonton, Red Deer, and Calgary as well
as each county in between. We are also committed to supporting the growth and
development of both international airports in Alberta,” said Hansen-Carlson.
To
learn more about the Prairie Link High-Speed Rail project:
info@prairelink.ca 1-403-607-6689 www.prairielink.ca
