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Coun. Diane Colley-Urquhart says she wants the city to tap the brakes on the controversial southwest transitway, but critics of the project say they’ll vote her out if she doesn’t turn words into action.

“Words are cheap, and we want to see what her follow-up is,” said Alan Hallman, spokesman for Ready to Engage, a citizen lobby group.

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Colley-Urquhart hosted a town hall meeting Wednesday evening at the Woodcreek Community Centre for constituents to voice their concern and support for the 22-kilometre transitway, which city officials now say could cost $57 million to $65.5 million — up from the original $40-million estimate.

Council, including Colley-Urquhart, approved the southwest transitway in 2011. But her support for the project has slowly eroded in recent months as opposition mounted and the cost estimate ballooned.

“These are very well-informed people,” said Colley-Urquhart. “It’s not as if they absolutely want to kill this project outright. They want to be at the table. They want to roll up their sleeves and be truly engaged in whatever it is we’re trying to do here.”