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Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

CalgaryTiger said:
What caught my eye...

The province has committed $1.1 billion over three years to expand the Calgary LRT system, including development of an LRT connector to Calgary International Airport—a project that has been part of the city’s long-term transit plans for years.

This confused me, could just be poor knowledge by the writer but we aren't doing LRT to the airport, are we? We'll need more details to know if this fund anything beyond that blue line extension.
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Most likely this is mostly just green line funding actually being paid with another little chunk for blue line extension. Not sure if we ever got clarity on the timeline provincial green line funds would come? Maybe this is like $350M per year to Green Line and another $50M for blue line.
 
Albertasaurus said:
Remember that the Provincial share of funding for these projects would also likely assume an equal share by each of the City and Feds, so $16 mil might turn into $48 mil.
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That would add up they were still short $50 million as of last year
www.contemporarycalgary.com

Contemporary Calgary

Alberta Government Commits $40 Million to Contemporary Calgary’s Capital Renovation and Expansion Project Calgary, AB – The Government of Alberta has announced a $40 million investment in the final phase of Contemporary Calgary’s ambitious Capital Renovation and Expansion Project. This funding
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Chowda7 said:
That would add up they were still short $50 million as of last year
www.contemporarycalgary.com

Contemporary Calgary

Alberta Government Commits $40 Million to Contemporary Calgary’s Capital Renovation and Expansion Project Calgary, AB – The Government of Alberta has announced a $40 million investment in the final phase of Contemporary Calgary’s ambitious Capital Renovation and Expansion Project. This funding
www.contemporarycalgary.com www.contemporarycalgary.com
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I'm pretty sure the $16M is part of the $40M commitment. From the Capital Plan, they have a total of $16M over the next three years. Usually if it's $16M additional, they will list the full amount here. Like how the Event Centre funding isn't new but it's listed and phased out in the capital plan. Same with Deerfoot, Ring Road, etc. that are not new but full amount listed in the capital plan.

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trtcttc said:
I'm pretty sure the $16M is part of the $40M commitment. From the Capital Plan, they have a total of $16M over the next three years. Usually if it's $16M additional, they will list the full amount here. Like how the Event Centre funding isn't new but it's listed and phased out in the capital plan. Same with Deerfoot, Ring Road, etc. that are not new but full amount listed in the capital plan.

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Thanks for clarifying
 
livewirecalgary.com

Arusha Centre submits its revitalization plan for vacant Beltline Old Y - LiveWire Calgary

The Arusha Centre hopes the City of Calgary shares its vision for redevelopment of the Beltline ‘Old Y’ site, though full realization of it could cost in the tens of millions. Monday marked the deadline for expressions of interest (EOI) for the Old Y and former site of the Beltline Recreation...
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Wonder what will come of the Old Y, I assume users like this require some kind of support but maybe not?
 
Interesting new land use for the empty spaces flanking the Platform parkade.

LOC2026-0017​

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Description
This application proposes to change the designation of this property from a Direct Control (DC) District to a new DC District to allow for:
  • - the use of Multi-Residential Development to be a permitted use
  • - site specific landscaping and setback rules
  • - zero parking requirements
 
I'm trying to think back a ways, but IIRC, the original plan was to have a residential tower on each side of the parkade. It seemed like window dressing at the time, but maybe it's coming to fruition.

Edit: Yep, they had roughed in a couple of buildings. Interesting, so now maybe some movement on this?
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I guess this thread is as good of a place as any to post this. As part of the massive capital spend that Administration is proposing to Council over the next decade, some details are starting to come out, and will be at tomorrow's Infrastructure and Planning Committee. Specifically item 7.9

Within that item on the agenda you can see attachments for the various infrastructure types, with what is proposed in this list (although I don't think it is comprehensive). The one that stood out to me as having some potential is as follows, found in the Roads and Pathways 10-year Capital Infrastructure Needs Assessment.

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That is a good list, with a lot of downtown avenues and even 9th Ave through Inglewood. I don't expect all of them to get the full Stephen Ave treatment (for instance the main commuter aves downtown like 4/5/6/11 listed), but I sure do hope they at least come up with a proper design that incorporates corner bulbs, clearly defined parking lanes, tree alignments, and most of all, gets rid of these stupid janky curb lines. Maybe they will even deal with the public realm setbacks in the land use bylaw when they do these corridors. Probably not, but a man can hope!
 
MichaelS said:
I guess this thread is as good of a place as any to post this. As part of the massive capital spend that Administration is proposing to Council over the next decade, some details are starting to come out, and will be at tomorrow's Infrastructure and Planning Committee. Specifically item 7.9

Within that item on the agenda you can see attachments for the various infrastructure types, with what is proposed in this list (although I don't think it is comprehensive). The one that stood out to me as having some potential is as follows, found in the Roads and Pathways 10-year Capital Infrastructure Needs Assessment.

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That is a good list, with a lot of downtown avenues and even 9th Ave through Inglewood. I don't expect all of them to get the full Stephen Ave treatment (for instance the main commuter aves downtown like 4/5/6/11 listed), but I sure do hope they at least come up with a proper design that incorporates corner bulbs, clearly defined parking lanes, tree alignments, and most of all, gets rid of these stupid janky curb lines. Maybe they will even deal with the public realm setbacks in the land use bylaw when they do these corridors. Probably not, but a man can hope!
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Lake fraser drive is feeling quite random in that list
 
Wasn't 1st St SE supposed to be getting a major overhaul in this next budget cycle? I thought I remembered hearing there was an intention to install cycle tracks along there as part of the work. Suprised to not see it on that list.
 
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