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Originally Posted by technomad
would it? if the ring road P3 contacts can have lane expansion built in, don't see why an LRT P3 couldn't do the same with extensions of the line?
I suppose it'll come down to the spec set by the city.. but here's hoping someone submits an aLRT bid
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You don't have integrated operations, potentials for economy of scale. If the second phase is a different company, do you build a second maintenance facility and have half the operators work for a different company? Have incentives for the different companies to only follow low maintenance operations procedures only in their sectors?
It is possible, to be sure, it is just annoying and hard to administer, which is what you are trying to avoid in the first place. A fair amount of the profit comes from operational efficiency enable by better initial design. How do you design that in where the initial company would be the beneficiary, not the second phase company.
Otherwise you are just in a plain jane P3, dbfm. From that point may as well do the pretty traditional for Alberta design build, since the spread for profit isn't huge when the cities can borrow on the province's credit card.