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The budget should grow at no more than inflation plus growth. Taxes need not follow the same trajectory as growth generates more tax revenue

Agencies like TransLink, Sound Transit and BART exist to co-ordinate projects across multiple municipalities. This isn't an issue in Calgary, but Edmonton will need something similar at some point,

The City still has plenty of room on its annual water license. It may hit up against daily limits in the near future, but those are easily solvable through outdoor watering restrictions and building more treated water reservoirs. Several decades into the future, the City will likely need to...

A mogul run at Louise would have lots of bare spots

Couldn't the entirety of Greenview Indutrial, Fox Hollow Golf Course and municipal Spring Gardens sites to redeveloped into tens of thousands of units. Could also addin the planned Midfield redevelopment. LRT up Centre is a pipe dream. If the estimate to build 7 stations from Eau Claire to...

It was announced but was awaiting funding. Now it is a go

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-sports-complex-adding-lazy-river-and-water-slides-with-87-5m-expansion-1.7033995 A well-known Calgary sports complex is getting a massive makeover. MNP Community & Sport Centre on Macleod Trail S.E. will be undergoing a $87.5 million expansion, officials...

Which project is this? RIP Hooker Mac's

Is anything planned for the empty lot directly across 17th?

Heard that the parcel to the east of the strip mall/south of the park and ride in Douglas Glen is being serviced. At one time, a large condo project was planned there. Unsure what is going in.

Nowhere nead bad as for North American transit projects.

The difference is that the highway interchange can be delivered on-time and on-budget with measurable benefits. The Green Line plans have been shambolic since 2015.

Proposals for these land blocks have been leading indicator of economic slowdown

It was always a farce. The project was doomed out of the gate when City Council mused about building the entire north the south line and boring tunnels under the river for the original $4.5B budget. Council was either incredibly naive or intentionally misleading. If it was the later, it should...

How would you prioritize improvements to "unsafe infrastructure" given thst it exists everywhere and the backlog would take decades to work through?

Basically a reannouncement of something from the 90's.

It was the other way around. Banff tourism was relatively small until the 90's as Calgary is far away from everywhere. Many of the hotels were summer operation only until to 80's. The oil industry achieved critical mass in the 70's as Calgary had the engineering and financial talent, and...

Yoho would be easy except for the Big Hill and the 4km section of fill leading into Field. I'm unsure if additional fill to accomidate 4 lanes would pass environmental review. The Big Hill would take considerable blasting. I have no idea how they would widen through the snow sheds in Rogers...

The Yoho section isn't all that busy and traverses mostly gentle terrain. The ugly parts on the TCH are Rogers and Eagle Passes.

...and Calgary was supposedly finished in the 2020's due to devastating self-inflicted droughts, energy transition and failure to align with Laurentian political direction