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Calgary’s elected officials voted late Monday to proceed with the first stage of the Green Line LRT, a 20-kilometre route that will stretch from Crescent Heights to Shepard and cost $4.65 billion — a price tag that doesn’t include millions of dollars in annual debt servicing.

The decision on the first stage of the 46-kilometre transit line means the mayor will immediately send a letter to the province detailing the specifics of the project in hopes the odd man out when it comes to money steps forward with funding.

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The federal government has committed $1.5 billion for the Green Line and city council has pledged $1.56 billion over 30 years.

“We’ve heard nothing from the province except when you get your act together, then we’ll talk,” Ward 12 Coun. Shane Keating said after Monday’s vote.

“Even though we’ve had our act together for a long time, they wanted to see it on paper and they can’t see it on paper until the decision in council is made and that’s what happened today.”