Sometimes I really wish this site had an eye roll emoji, for posts that are so ridiculous they aren't worth responding to.

Didn't realise that almost every lot for the initial phases have been sold to developers, that's great to see.

But trump said it was an issue, so it must be true. The amount of people who still take him at his word is insane. He just says things and sees what sticks. Alberta is now spending millions to fix a non issue, just to try and suck up to trump. He doesn't actually care about the border...

The city should really have urban design standards preventing parking from being located at the front of buildings on major roads. Every city in the lower mainland manages to do it, so it shouldn't be too hard

That's why it can be hard to compare 1:1 transit projects in Canada with other places. From what I've seen, we tend to include much more infrastructure spending such as sewers, roads, utilities etc. that other places don't. This is a good thing in a lot of ways, but unfortunately results...

China is already hitting peak oil. Alberta is doing to be regretting not diversifying really soon

There's no way to justify these moves in good faith. The only reason to do this is to reduce criticism and hide questionable/ corrupt actions, and allow them to lie about what internal studies have found. They have already had multiple correspondence publicized showing that their policy...

I still miss the hotel, but this turned out really well.

Pretty sure that was their point. San Francisco is highly restrictive in their rezonings and the price reflects that

The Edmonton Journal published an opinion piece that claims the new ZBL has made affordability worse. It uses some questionable logic and cherry picked stats to back up it's claim. https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-edmontons-new-zoning-infill-rules-are-making-things-worse

Or is it window wall?

They could also use that surplus of theirs, or if the problem persists, raise taxes *gasps* on the wealthy and corporations

If you dont like the results of a survey, I guess you can always just pretend it doesn't exist: https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-withholds-results-of-public-survey-on-renewable-energy-and-agriculture

Good to see some businesses open already!

Yeah but when the province drops its problems on cities, it's a lot easier to blame the municipality. Drug use/homelessness shouldn't even really be the purvue of municipalities, but it becomes their problem when the province doesn't deal with it, as it's something that's visible at the local level

How low can they go? UCP to vote on celebrating CO2, and not recognizing it as pollutant

Not Canada, it Detroit is looking to do it. They have like 3 families that own everything there, which is making it hard for their downtown parking lots to be redveloped, since it's in their best interests to hold the land for now...

That's exactly why the idea of a land value tax is gaining traction in a lot of places

Is there any specific reason for the big jump in 2024? Is it just easier now thanks to the relaxation of parking requirements in the new ZBL? I'm assuming that it would also allow them to be bigger?

What was the bidding/selection process for AECOM? Or does Smith just have a friend there...