In Episode 118 of our weekly podcast on municipal politics, hosts Troy Pavlek and Mack Male discussed the latest step forward for Prairie Sky Gondola's proposed project.
Last week, city council approved an agreement framework with an 8-5 vote, enabling the project to advance to the detail design and regulatory approval stage. Numerous checkpoints remain before the project is given the green light, however.
Councillor Ben Henderson, who voted in favor of the agreement framework, is not ready to see the idea shelved.
“I love this city to death, but we have a really bad habit of finding reasons not to do things. It is part of our DNA,” he said. “Somebody has to battle through that so that we can get to the point where we do some of these things and then we can fall in love with them, which we always do.”
Illustration courtesy of Prairie Sky Gondola on Instagram