In the weeks before his resignation, Logan was on leave from his job just as work was ramping up on the multibillion-dollar Green Line project. He received a payout of $471,596 upon his departure as part of a settlement reached between Logan and city management.

Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen maintained he didn't kill the Green Line by pulling the province's share of the funding for it about two weeks ago.

It could cost at least $2.1 billion to end work on Calgary's first phase of its long-sought $6.2-billion Green Line light rail transit project.

Calgary city council heard Tuesday it will cost an estimated $850 million to wind-down the Green Line LRT project — costs that will come on top of the roughly $1 billion the city has already spent. Winding down the project includes dissolving the Green Line board as well as dealing with ongoing construction contracts the city has entered into,