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Originally Posted by suburbia
My recollection is they needed to go south because of the storage and maintenance facility. They did conduct a review for if there was an appropriate site to the north, but nothing was found that would have been a good fit. This piece probably had the biggest impact on phase one going south.
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A cynical person might say that they didn't bother to look.
IIRC, the City and Council spent months considering the alignment at Ramsay, but the far more critical decision about whether to go North or SE in Phase 1 was decided in an afternoon with one slide.
Would have been nice if they bother to give actual details, such as the ridership and operating costs of 96th Ave-4 St SE to compare and whether its (likely) better ridership and finances would make up for the extra time needed to acquire land, finish planning and less ideal location for a maintenance facility.