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Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

I'm no fan of the feds but this is just false... there's federal funding all throughout the province.



I'm fully supportive of this all throughout the funding scheme. Same with the city council. Communities that are YIMBY should be given more funds for public infrastructure improvements. There's a system design required here but if residents can see tangible benefits from new housing, the NIMBY attitude would decrease dramatically.
That's really the core of our nimby problem I think. People think there are zero consequences to blocking development and they have everything to lose by letting it happen. There needs to be a more direct link (practically and psychologically) between development and service improvements.
 
Looks like there could be some more density coming to the Edmonton Trail couplette. Hopefully there are actual projects attached to this and it's not just an upzoning/land flip exercise.


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That's really the core of our nimby problem I think. People think there are zero consequences to blocking development and they have everything to lose by letting it happen. There needs to be a more direct link (practically and psychologically) between development and service improvements.
A basic start would be to use population estimates based on last census + approved developments. On the backgrounder to all the development proposals, they still reference each communities population by the 2021 census. I'm not sure if they use more updated figures internally, but when they compare and score projects, they should be taking into account all the approved developments.
 

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