Green Line first phase will only stretch from Lynnwood/Millican to Eau Claire — and cost $6.3 billion

The Green Line has faced inflationary pressures, leading to council approving both an increased budget and a smaller scope to move forward with construction later this year

The first phase of the Green Line is now only going to stretch from Lynnwood/Millican to Eau Claire and will cost nearly $6.3 billion, city councillors confirmed Tuesday, following an hours-long confidential discussion and multiple votes on the multi-billion-dollar CTrain project’s future.

Though the project was approved in 2021 with a funding commitment of $5.5 billion from all three orders of government, the Green Line has faced inflationary pressures ever since, leading to months of speculation it would require either an increased budget or a smaller scope to move forward with construction later this year.