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<b>1. SOUTH CALGARY HOSPITAL</b></br></br> A 269 in-patient-bed hospital, officially called South Health Campus, in city’s rapidly growing southern suburbs.</br></br> <b>STATUS:</b> Opening in phases this year.</br></br> <b>COST:</b> $1.3-billion.

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<b>2. ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM</b></br></br> A 36,000-square-metre provincial museum in downtown Edmonton due to open in 2016.</br></br <b>STATUS:</b> Under construction.</br></br <b>COST:</b> $340-million.

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<b>3. CALGARY AND EDMONTON RING ROADS</b></br></br> A two-decade-long project to build freeways that ring both cities.</br></br> <b>STATUS:</b> 90 per cent complete in Edmonton with 71 kilometres built; 70 per cent complete in Calgary with 70 kilometres built.</br></br> <b>COST:</b> $6-billion spent by Alberta so far; more has been spent by Ottawa, and more spending will come.Jason Franson/The Globe and Mail

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<b>4. CARBON CAPTURE</b></br></br>Three industrial projects – Alberta Carbon Trunk Line, Shell Quest and Swan Hills Sunfuels – that the province is heavily subsidizing in hopes of reducing Alberta's greenhouse gas emissions by 4.1 million tonnes annually beginning in 2015. </br></br> <b>STATUS:</b> Under development. </br></br> <b>COST:</b> $2-billion committed.Nathan VanderKlippe/The Globe and Mail

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