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ScopeValley Line West is the second stage of the 27km Valley Line light rail transit project LRT being developed in Edmonton Canada. The C2.6bn 1.98bn project will extend the Valley Line LRT from 102 Street downtown to Lewis Farms. The light rail network extension plan was initially approved by the Edmonton City Council in June 2009 while the concept plan was approved in January 2011. The preliminary design phase was initiated in 2013. Multiple public information sessions were conducted during the preliminary design phase until April 2019. Construction on the Valley Line West LRT project is scheduled to begin in 2020 while operations are expected to begin by 2027. The Valley Line West LRT project will extend the existing 12km Valley Line LRT by 14km. The line extension will originate at Mill Woods in south-east Edmonton and terminate at Lewis Farms in west Edmonton. It will have a total of 16 stations including 14 street-level stations and two elevated stops at Misericordia Hospital and West Edmonton Mall. The 16 LRT stations will be Lewis Farm Aldergrove Belmead West Edmonton mall station Misericordia Meadowlark Glennwood Sherwood Jasper Place Stony plan road 149 ST Grovenor 142 ST Glenora 124 street Brewery 120 ST The Yards 116 ST Macewan Arts and Mill Woods. The light rail project will also include the construction of two bridges at Groat Road at Stony Plain Road and another crossing at Anthony Henday Drive at 87 Avenue. It is expected to reduce the travel time between Lewis Farm and Downtown by approximately 35 minutes. The line will offer the same price security and high-quality services across the entire ETS system and will feature transit points.
