Elise Stolte: Edmonton's west LRT is just a fancy toy without development

Edmonton got the money. Now the real work begins.
Premier Rachel Notley announced $1.04 billion in provincial funding for Edmonton’s LRT extension from downtown to Lewis Farms Thursday. That’s the last funding piece, which allows the project to move to procurement and start construction as early as next year.
But that might be the easy part. This LRT isn’t meant to just move people. It’s meant to change where people live.
If that doesn’t happen, the line fails.