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Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

darwink said:
Required is an interesting thing. Could it involve changing the watercourse, yes. Is it close to a major cultural/spiritual site? Yes.

My gut says a court would block work if there wasn't an attempt and a FN filled for an injunction. Also other levels of government would block funding for it, and block other necessary permits.
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Who decides what is a major cultural/spiritual site and what are the criteria? A FN band claimed that a proposed routing change on TMX would disturb a cultural site, yet the regulator did not agree:
www.reuters.com

Canadian regulator approves route change request for Trans Mountain pipeline

The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) approved a route change request for the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion on Monday, clearing a major hurdle and avoiding months of delay for the Canadian government-owned project.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com
 
DougB said:
Who decides what is a major cultural/spiritual site and what are the criteria? A FN band claimed that a proposed routing change on TMX would disturb a cultural site, yet the regulator did not agree:
www.reuters.com

Canadian regulator approves route change request for Trans Mountain pipeline

The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) approved a route change request for the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion on Monday, clearing a major hurdle and avoiding months of delay for the Canadian government-owned project.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com
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Consulting and deciding not to accommodate is VERY different from not consulting and not making an informed decision either way.
 
Walked past the old Court of Queen's Bench building today and there is an Alberta government sign touting a $100 million+ investment in a new courts building. The sign has been there since before the provincial election in the spring. Has there been any information shared publicly about the design of the building or construction timelines?
 
outoftheice said:
Walked past the old Court of Queen's Bench building today and there is an Alberta government sign touting a $100 million+ investment in a new courts building. The sign has been there since before the provincial election in the spring. Has there been any information shared publicly about the design of the building or construction timelines?
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They are waiting until April 2027 to announce the new courthouse will cost $300 million and will include premium parking for judges and a community hockey rink
 
JoeUrban said:
Anyway, essentially this block (minus the most westerly house) could end up being Calgary's first residential heritage district.
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confirmed on Friday that the most westerly house is included, apparently there was a bunch of last second changes with the 2 most westerly houses (owners were wary of participating because they wanted to sell, new owners were on board). So it's the whole block.
 
jhappy77 said:
Skimmed thru the doc and calling it a "West Village" plan is a misnomer. It's really about Downtown West (14 St W - 8 St W, North of the tracks), not the real "West Village" (North of tracks, west of 14th St)
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This isn't correct... from the article:
"The 78-page report lays out plans for the future of the area around the former Greyhound bus terminal, GSL/Wolfe car dealership and stretching just past the Pumphouse Theatre to Crowchild Trail."
In your defense, CTV seems to be out to lunch or as has been stated the report isn't correct (from the report):
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There's a PDF at the bottom of the article which covers an area ending at 14 st (and has truly terrible infographics). Either the article is wrong or they linked the wrong document.
 
The article summarizes the report:

"The report recommends several major projects, along with what it calls “quick wins" such as temporary dog parks or other public spaces.

Lastly, it recommends a series of other improvements, such as lighting and path connections."

Maybe I follow things like this too close but how come the city's default to under utilized spaces is always dog parks and basketball courts? Is it only dog people and basketball players that give places vibrancy? I say this as both a dog owner and basketball player.
 
CalgaryTiger said:
This isn't correct... from the article:
"The 78-page report lays out plans for the future of the area around the former Greyhound bus terminal, GSL/Wolfe car dealership and stretching just past the Pumphouse Theatre to Crowchild Trail."
In your defense, CTV seems to be out to lunch or as has been stated the report isn't correct (from the report):
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I am right, CTV just messed up the article big time. The article mentions a new report done by Stantec, the Downtown Community Association, and the Kensington BIA that proposes 3 phases for improvements. That's exactly what the report they linked is. Whoever wrote the article is just very confused what is West Village and what is Downtown West.

This Downtown West plan is basically "here are some minor improvements we will gradually do". And at a glance they all seem to be good improvements, just nothing earth shattering. A true West Village redevelopment plan would involve orders of magnitude more changes & costs, since it would completely replace all buildings in the area, involve a massive contamination cleanup, and likely a reconfiguration of Bow Trail.
 
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