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Dec. 14, 2006: Council under newly elected mayor Larry O’Brien cancels a contract to build a downtown-to-Barrhaven LRT line in favour of pursuing an east-west LRT line

June 6, 2007: A report from O’Brien’s transportation task force recommends a three-kilometre twin tunnel between LeBreton Flats and the University of Ottawa

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Nov. 28, 2008: Council approves a new 25-year transportation master plan and makes the east-west LRT line a priority

Sept. 11, 2009: Council votes to settle with Siemens, the contractor for the cancelled north-south plan, for $36.7 million

Oct. 23, 2009: A revised estimate of the east-west LRT line goes from $1.4 billion to $2.1 billion. The federal and provincial governments later commit $600 million each

Oct. 25, 2010: Jim Watson is elected mayor of Ottawa

June 30, 2011: The city releases the first phase of its request for proposals to build the LRT line

July 7, 2011: The city announces major changes to the design, including a shorter and shallower tunnel under Queen Street