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The 3.6 kilometre first phase of the busway, which runs from Queen Elizabeth Way near The Forks to Jubilee Avenue near Pembina Highway, opened in April 2012 at a cost of $138 million. But a deal to extend the corridor to the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry campus was mired in a city provincial funding dispute.

Standing inside Osborne Station on Tuesday, Premier Greg Selinger
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"Everybody loves drama. The good thing about a drama, there’s a denouement, a conclusion," said Selinger, explaining how he and Katz went from accusing each other of sabotaging the transitway completion in June to agreeing on a plan in November.

"We’ve been working on
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The plan on the table calls for the city and province to each contribute $225 million for the overall project, which includes the $425 million transitway job, the $105 million Jubilee underpass reconstruction and a $70 million worth of combined sewer replacements in the vicinity of Calrossie Boulevard and Cockburn Street. The underpass job would involve an additional northbound lane on Pembina Highway and a bike and pedestrian lane.

The city plans to ask Ottawa to provide the remaining $150 million through the P3 Canada Fund, a pool of money made available for public private projects. The transitway, however, would remain city owned and operated.

Co ordinating all this work will cut down on traffic disruption and eliminate the need to relocate rail lines more than once, Winnipeg chief operating officer Deepak Joshi said in June, when the larger project was proposed.

Selinger said the integrated project will cut down on traffic disruption by two years and will also be cheaper than conducting three separate jobs.

He also expressed confidence Ottawa will approve the proposal, given significant recent federal commitments to rapid transit projects in Toronto, Ottawa and other Canadian cities.

"There’s no question that the federal government is starting to show more interest
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A response from Ottawa is expected by the summer
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St. James Brooklands Coun. Scott Fielding, who voted against the first phase of the Southwest Transitway, said all three levels of government should priortize new regional roads if $600
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"People have talked about completing the ring road in Winnipeg for 35 years and for
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Fort Rouge East Fort Garry Coun. Jenny Gerbasi, council’s most vocal rapid transit proponent, said Winnipeg has waited long enough.

"It’s pretty startling when you think about how long this project has been on the books," said Gerbasi, referring to the project’s inception in 1976. "We are way behind other major cities in investing in rapid transit."

Many transit passengers agree. Only metres away from Katz and Selinger’s press conference, West St. Paul resident Justin Fekete, waiting at Osborne Station, was skeptical when told the Southwest Transitway would be completed in 2019.

"I’ll probably have graduated by that time," said the U of M student. "I’ll probably be dead, too."

Total proposal: $600 million

City of Winnipeg commitment: $225 million, primarily by borrowing.

Provincial commitment: $225 million, primarily by borrowing.

Request from Ottawa: $150 million through the P3 Canada Fund.

Southwest Transitway ($425 million): The completion of the city’s first dedicated bus corridor. The second phase would run seven kilometres from Jubilee Avenue to the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry campus, jogging through the Parker lands and a Manitoba Hydro corridor along the way. The work will require the construction of four bridges, including a new transitway span over Pembina Highway, and 10 new transit stations, including a large terminal near Investors Group Field.
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Jubilee Avenue underpass ($105 million): The reconstruction of the Jubilee underpass will see northbound Pembina Highway widened to three lanes. The city will also add a bike and pedestrian trail at what is now a choke point for commuter cyclists.

Cockburn Calrossie drainage ($70 million): Combined sewer replacements in the Point Road and Lord Roberts neighbourhoods.

Why do this all at once? City engineers say doing all three
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