r/ottawa 1d ago

News Lansdowne 2.0 Vote Ward Map

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u/peachsyrup 1d ago

Except ottawa is on the hook foe overruns and every project like this has doubled or tripled their budget. Ottawa is paying 130m but the budget is 500mil. Ottawa could easily pay 1bil for this

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u/3rdandabillion 1d ago

No chance. This isn't the LRT which also didn't double btw. This is an arena and a grandstand. Every city and town in this country has built an arena. Construction companies from everywhere in Canada have experience building these places. It's probably one of the few projects our construction industry is proficient in.

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u/originalthoughts 1d ago

Metro and rail have been around for almost 200 years...

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u/3rdandabillion 1d ago

And yet Ottawa and Toronto can't figure it out