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A quartet of third-party engineers has been tapped to oversee the first phase of planning Calgary’s Green Line LRT.

The independent technical risk committee will be responsible for evaluating potential perils for the $4.9-billion project, including financial, technical and scheduling.

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Coun. Shane Keating, who chairs the city’s transportation committee, said the group will give the public, administration and council confidence in plans for the massive transit project.

“It’s always better to have a third party verify rather than just take the city administration’s view that something works,” Keating said.

“If a third party, totally independent and experienced, comes forward and says ‘this works’ or ‘you have to change it here and there,’ it just gives credence to the project.”

From Vancouver, Toronto and just outside of Calgary, the four men appointed to the committee bring a range of experience to the table, including participation in large-scale infrastructure and transit projects.