Looking north on 156st on 95ave. Last section up to SPR still needing eastside curbs. Should start west side soon and have traffic down the middle.

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yeggator said:
Okay, but where would you move the freight rail alignment? The Bow Valley is the only way out of Calgary that climbs at a small enough grade for freight trains. And once you’ve gone just east of Crowchild where it crosses the river, how would you re-route it without ploughing through the inner city?
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Habibfazil said:
also a missed golden opportunity to run lrt or a brt down 97th, across the yards across the high level on one branch down the former CPR, another branch further west and one more out to st albert all with a terminal at the old CN Tower station...
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The CPR corridor used to be part of the official plan, but the current alignment was deemed as a better fit.
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Sources, from the ERRS Archive:


Changes in Direction for LRT Planning in Edmonton, 1985.pdf

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South Edmonton LRT Plan Review, 1982.pdf

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Honestly excited for the landscaping when this all comes together. The landscaping for the SE portion is actually quite pretty, and when looking at footage of the ION LRT in Waterloo and the Crosstown Eglinton, ours genuinely surpasses them in terms of aesthetics in my opinion. For all its faults, the Valley Line IS pretty.
 
CP ain’t moving from downtown Calgary. That’s a non-starter, I can guarantee you. Nenshi is just being realistic there. Railways are very powerful in Canada and there is very little anyone can do to force them to do things they don’t want to. Personally I think that’s crazy and wrong, but it is what it is.
 
Address: 7814 - 83 STREET NW
Planner Description: The City has received a rezoning and District Plan amendment application from Situate. The current zone is the Parks and Services Zone (PS) and the proposed zone is the Mixed Use Zone (MU h23.0 f3.0) which would allow: -Medium scale mixed use development. -A maximum height of 23.0 metres (approximately 6 storeys). -A maximum floor area ratio of 3.0. A proposed amendment to the Southeast District Plan is required to facilitate the proposed rezoning.
Status: In Review

Potentially more TOD coming along the Valley Line.

This would be right by Avonmore Station.

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Didama said:
CP ain’t moving from downtown Calgary. That’s a non-starter, I can guarantee you. Nenshi is just being realistic there. Railways are very powerful in Canada and there is very little anyone can do to force them to do things they don’t want to. Personally I think that’s crazy and wrong, but it is what it i
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Nenshi is being "realistic" for Calgary. The green line has morphed from a bus corridor into a regional hub that ties in lines from the Calgary airport, Cochrane, Stoney Nakoda, Canmore, Banff, Red Deer and Edmonton at a Grand Central Station in downtown Calgary. It makes good economic sense for Calgary to want that arrangement because everything would flow through Calgary. Has anyone seen Nenshi backing a regional rail line from Edmonton to Jasper?
 
mcr said:
Now if we could only force the Brewery District to open up entrances to shops on the sidewalk instead of just the parking lot once this is done...
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I think there could be more residential and commercial development at the Brewery District when Valley Line West opens.
 
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