There was a massive cave-in at city hall Thursday. The Green Line downtown tunnel collapsed forever.

The province always said the LRT line would never be built with a tunnel, and pulled its funding mainly on that point.

The city insisted a tunnel was vital for the proper functioning of the Green Line. With collective sobs, council proceeded to wind up the whole project (or pretend it did).

Now the Green Line is on track again, with a joint agreement to build the segment from 4th Street S.E. (the arena district) to Shepherd.

It isn’t really a rebirth because this vampire project simply cannot be allowed to die. Both parties know there’s no way to throw away $2.1 billion in sunk costs and windup expenses.

Mayor Jyoti Gondek agreed to keep building in a joint statement with provincial Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen.

The most significant part is: “This downtown alignment will be either at-grade or........

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