{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Speaking Municipally","title":"A 242M Capital Line Item Increase","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1857,"description":"This week we discuss an updated capital budget, and a new train. Plus, the police commission declines to show up to a council meeting in this, the city of champions.\nHere are the relevant links for this episode:\nPolice commission\nCity councillors call relationship with Edmonton police commissioners 'unhealthy' and 'frustrating'\nSean Amato's tweet thread\nCapital budget\nEdmonton council approves increase to $10.4B capital budget to build housing, renew roads and fix facilities\nEdmonton adds $262 million in capital spending on buses, LRT vehicles, infrastructure repairs and housing\nCapital Line LRT\nNews Release: City awards Design-Build contract for Capital Line South LRT Extension project\nEdmonton's Capital Line LRT to extend south as council approves bylaw to borrow $585M\nCost for Edmonton Capital Line LRT south extension balloons by $242 million, council approves in secret\nTransit ridership\nNews Release: Transit ridership up 130 per cent\nOpen Data Catalogue\nMore scooters\nNews Release: Third e-scooter and e-bike vendor coming to Edmonton's streets\nBlatchford\nEdmonton city councillor's idea to sell some undeveloped Blatchford land sputters out\nCity of Champions\nShould Edmonton bring back 'City of Champions' slogan?\nFrom the Taproot newsroom\nSustainable fashion house hosts runway experience to build city's scene\nNew doc recreates Edmonton's norm-busting Flashback nightclub\nTaproot Edmonton roundups\nRapid fire\nNews Release: City adds new water bottle-filling stations\nYEG Departures Roadway construction to end this fall\n58 per cent of Canadians not following Oilers-Panthers Stanley Cup final: survey\nBusiness membership\nIntroducing Taproot Edmonton's Business Membership\nThis episode is brought to you by the Edmonton Public Library which is hosting another instalment in its Forward Thinking Speaker Series. Don't miss Dr. Marie Wilson in conversation with Chief Wilton Littlechild on June 19. The Truth and Reconciliation Commissioners will discuss what we can do to...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/mUtN74o21l0bnRqQ1zHLbXde-IrosiO1iUlYtjEJ_Oc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE1My8xNTMzMjQz/MTA3LWFydHdvcmsu/anBn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}