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It's definitely going to have to close for a significant period during construction, so why can't we trial say 6 months of active-only crossing before making a final decision? Ideally getting some IRL use-case data for the status quo first, and then we can evaluate how things change. (I suspect...

I don't think they have updated figures internally, because they killed the municipal census in 2020, so federal 2021 is the best they have.

The orange box there just looks small, but nothing that size would make sense there so it's probably just a placeholder. Selfishly, it'll be very interesting to see what they do for pathway connections. It looks like there should be one running from the Weaslehead parking lot to near the gas...

Not sure if this was already posted here, but Breathe Outdoors (Campers Village) will be winding down. All Atmosphere stores are also closing to be integrated into Sport Chek locations. Sucks to lose Breathe (though I'm not sure when I last went in person), but relatively recent adds of...

I think they may want to switch to bus only lanes at some point, so they don't want to do permanent bump-outs. And deciding the long term plans for Crowchild before doing anything permanent.

Maybe it's HWY 8, where I believe they are still working on the stretch over the river (but it's effectively part of the WRR project)

Was that the Walmart?

Is 50th going across the river? It looks like it would be about the same place as the Green Line bridge...

New bus barns location: https://calgaryherald.com/news/citys-new-bus-barns-spell-the-end-for-popular-motocross-track Personally I don't give a crap about motocross, but it's disappointing to lose a unique amenity.

99 year lease. But also lower property taxes. Will the city do garbage collection, and regular access to Enmax/etc? What about police/fire?

I kinda hate most things about Canadian Tire...but it's also kinda my favourite store to visit (and I basically hate doing shopping in person). I feel like there could be some kind of fit under their umbrella with Sport Chek, Marks, etc. Would be nice for some of the Canadian identity things...

No curb ramp at the little known corner of 7th Ave and 1st St SW. And a train had to wait for at least 30 seconds at these lights for no apparent reason at 11am on a Saturday. I'm a little surprised, but not shocked that these lowest of hanging fruit have not been fixed yet.

I don't know if its enough of a bottleneck in the building process, but it could probably save a decent chunk of time and money if enough prefab elements can become more ubiquitous...and perhaps they could integrate even more items like electrical/plumbing into each prefab piece? Or ability to...

It's amazing how much prime land there is near MRU. Currie is filling in very nicely. The area is pretty well served with just about everything you need nearby in either Marda Loop, Glamorgan, or Lakeview (and some nifty niche stuff within Currie or the Lincoln Park strip mall). The one thing...

Cowboys Park Update: https://livewirecalgary.com/2025/03/04/cowboys-park-plans-unveiled-by-the-city-of-calgary/ The polka dots and bushes should really tie the room together.

Could it make sense to also include proximity to city centre as another input in the frontage tax? I can see pros/cons to it, but I think its another factor to smooth things out. Frontage/lot size alone don't necessarily scale to the roads/utilities in curvilinear neighbourhoods.

It would take a lot more time and careful planning, but the Cowboys Park paving could have facilitated ice rink(s) among other things. The park already has basketball, beach volleyball, skate park, and bouldering...it should just be a multi-sport area that can accommodate some special events...

Recreation stuff definitely seems like it should be the highest yield for engagement I can see some merits to this site in the sense that its pretty well contained by hostile barriers, but there will be plenty of social disorder that spills out. It would be interesting to know the hard costs...

I'm curious about the timelines here...seems like both could be under construction for a couple years. It's concerning that the design will be based around a 30000 sq ft footprint for the tent. Seems like suspiciously little info on this for what is presumably a major change before this July...

The article implies the city, though I'm sure they'd argue it comes out of the sponsorship. But looking back to that announcement there was no dollar figure announced. Only thing I could find related to dollars was this...