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Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

Found an update from the beginning of September on RiverWalk West

www.calgary.ca

Where history meets modern design: A new vision for RiverWalk West

RiverWalk West's redevelopment project aims to enhance vibrancy and accessibility, improve the pathway system, and create areas for people to gather. It will connect East Village to downtown while harmonizing flood mitigation.
www.calgary.ca www.calgary.ca

The RiverWalk West project team is now working to refine the conceptual design before construction can begin. An updated timeline is expected to be shared with Calgarians in late 2024.

I assume we'll get a VE'd design at some point over the winter too. I assume construction in Spring '26?
 
CalgaryTiger said:
Found an update from the beginning of September on RiverWalk West

www.calgary.ca

Where history meets modern design: A new vision for RiverWalk West

RiverWalk West's redevelopment project aims to enhance vibrancy and accessibility, improve the pathway system, and create areas for people to gather. It will connect East Village to downtown while harmonizing flood mitigation.
www.calgary.ca www.calgary.ca

The RiverWalk West project team is now working to refine the conceptual design before construction can begin. An updated timeline is expected to be shared with Calgarians in late 2024.

I assume we'll get a VE'd design at some point over the winter too. I assume construction in Spring '26?
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Looks like it was published (or republished today), the timeline is now early 2025 for the full concept. There's a mention for "a municipal pool in a way that you could experience water in the river throughout the year, day and night". I assume this means an indoor pool?

calgary.ctvnews.ca

Design selected for Bow River's riverwalk in southwest Calgary

The City of Calgary says work is moving ahead on a new public space along the Bow River with details of the project's design being released on Wednesday.
calgary.ctvnews.ca calgary.ctvnews.ca
 
trtcttc said:
Looks like it was published (or republished today), the timeline is now early 2025 for the full concept. There's a mention for "a municipal pool in a way that you could experience water in the river throughout the year, day and night". I assume this means an indoor pool?

calgary.ctvnews.ca

Design selected for Bow River's riverwalk in southwest Calgary

The City of Calgary says work is moving ahead on a new public space along the Bow River with details of the project's design being released on Wednesday.
calgary.ctvnews.ca calgary.ctvnews.ca
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Is this funded? I didn't think so but could be wrong.
 
CalgaryTiger said:
Is this funded? I didn't think so but could be wrong.
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I hope some of the swimming ideas happen from this concept. Swimming plus accessible (portable, probably) saunas would be awesome. Something that works like Havnebadet Islands Brygge in Copenhagen would be ideal.

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CalgaryTiger said:
Found an update from the beginning of September on RiverWalk West

www.calgary.ca

Where history meets modern design: A new vision for RiverWalk West

RiverWalk West's redevelopment project aims to enhance vibrancy and accessibility, improve the pathway system, and create areas for people to gather. It will connect East Village to downtown while harmonizing flood mitigation.
www.calgary.ca www.calgary.ca

The RiverWalk West project team is now working to refine the conceptual design before construction can begin. An updated timeline is expected to be shared with Calgarians in late 2024.

I assume we'll get a VE'd design at some point over the winter too. I assume construction in Spring '26?
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That's a lot of words to say very little...it would be nice if there were a few more visuals to piece things together, but I'm sure they also want to manage expectations to some degree.

By taking that lane of traffic away at 4th Avenue, we increase the real estate of river walk to create a full park as opposed to a single line of pathway,” says Zabinski.
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This would be huge, and hopefully it isn't a sticky point, because it would be a pretty painless change to make (convert northmost lane on 5th to WB west of 9th St). Ideally I'd feed that right into 6th, and convert the rest of the single lane 4th Ave/Bow Tr to a wheeling lane.
 
Golfing guy said:
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except the water in the Bow is way to cold to swim in…. Any day of the year🥶
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Most of the year it is, but I see lots of people swimming in it during the summer. If they did a swimming area like they have at Harvey passage, I could see it being used at least for a couple of months. It's probably a 2 month use period...maybe three months in a year like this one.
 
Surrealplaces said:
Most of the year it is, but I see lots of people swimming in it during the summer. If they did a swimming area like they have at Harvey passage, I could see it being used at least for a couple of months. It's probably a 2 month use period...maybe three months in a year like this one.
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Even on the summer months it’s crazy cold. Only the diehards and those that need to cool off quickly on the hot days would be inclined to go in. I like the idea of the heated pool
 
Duck Lightning said:

The plan calls for a heated outdoor pool actually:​

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Wouldn't that cost a lot to operate in the winter? I wonder if this gets cut for funding purposes or just becomes a typical indoor pool, that area could use it too. We sorely need another round of recreational investment, this time not at the edges of the city.
 
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