SD-160 light rail vehicle train cars for the new extension were shipped by rail from Florin, California, on April 24, 2008, arriving in Edmonton on May 9, 2008 (37 vehicles in total). The LRT expansion was developed entirely at surface level with several underpasses after 2006, one at Belgravia Road and the other under 111 Street south of 61 Avenue. A short busway has been constructed from the South Campus station roughly parallel to Belgravia Road in conjunction with the South LRT expansion. Capital line South Extension (2022) The Capital line will be extended in two phases. Phase 1 is a 4.5 km long, high floor LRT and will extend the line from Century Park just North of 23rd Avenue on 111th Street to Ellerslie Road via an underpass under 23rd Avenue and then rising above ground again before Saddleback Rd. Phase 2 will extend from Ellerslie Road to Allard/Desrochers. Beginning on/around November 8, 2022, crews began to prepare 23 Avenue at 111 Street and 109 Street intersections for future tunneling work and reception site shafts. EllisDon, the City’s contractor, mobilized equipment on site, which has resulted in temporary pedestrian detours. Lane closures are anticipated to begin in early 2023. The tunneling and reception site shaft work is expected to take approximately 18 months. More information can be found at this website. https://www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/transit/capitalsw Metro line On April 27, 2007, the city began detailed planning of a new LRT line that will run north from Churchill Station, to the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), and eventually beyond to north-end neighbourhoods with a terminal station south of St. Albert. The Metro line branches off the Capital Line at Churchill Station, runs west along 105 Avenue to the MacEwan University City Centre Campus, then north along 105 Street, Kingsway (Avenue), and 106 Street, to Kingsway Mall and NAIT. In April 2008, Edmonton City Council approved $45 million in funding to build a tunnel under the Epcor Tower site immediately, while it was still under construction, with the aim of saving $140 million more than would have been required to dig under the tower once it was completed. This step was taken even though the rest of the project had not yet been approved, because of the time constraint posed by the construction of the new tower. Construction on the tunnel began in August 2009 and was completed by approximately September 2010. On