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Tonight Council gave second reading approval to our Municipal Development Plan. After considerable debate it’s more or less finished, subject to approval from the Capital Region Board, followed by third reading in May or June. We debated the restriction on gravel mining in the river valley, which was upheld in a close vote. The Kanata… Read More
I had indicated the other day on this blog that I was hesitant about the proposed Stony Plain Road LRT alignment, at least the part between 156 St and 121 Street. I had a number of questions, most of which were addressed in one of the most cogent presentations I’ve ever seen from city staff.… Read More
In answering questions from Councillors during last week’s LRT routing debate, Transportation Department officials showed us a conceptual map of the full potential build out of our region’s LRT network to illustrate some points about connectivity. It caught all of us by surprise — pleasantly so. I called it the ‘Hope Springs Eternal’ map. I… Read More
I caused a bit of a stir on Thursday at Council by raising some concerns about the city’s proposed development plan ‘The Way we Grow’. I rather flippantly suggested we could call it ‘The Way we Sprawl.’ Scott McKeen wrote about the plan in Friday’s Journal and his critique is similar to mine. In spite… Read More
Sarah and I were at the store picking up some things for the newborn, and I wandered over to the Lego section to see what the latest ridiculous theme lines were (something went wrong between Castle Lego and Star Wars Lego, in my view). It just so happens that they have released a line that… Read More