Yeggy
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I have heard 320ish homes/units are set to start construction within a year.
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ChazYEG
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This is a substantial number. With these, Blatchford will definitely make strides towards becoming a more vibrant place.
I am still really hoping that these help bring in at least a couple of CRUs soon, however
dkazzed
Active Member
I see building permits issued in 2024 so far for about 30 row homes, plus 11 secondary suites.
Coprolite
New Member
Yeah. Other half and I are in the process of moving in, and it's nice that there's some degree of local service that's moved into the Airport Road buildings and at the very least we're going to have a corner store and a brewery, but I suspect we're going to be doing a lot of biking out of there to adjacent neighbourhoods. Ah well. It'll get there.
TAS
Senior Member
Bike network announced today. This will be main bike route from Blatchford to get dt.
113 Street from 105 Avenue to Kingsway Avenue
Kingsway Avenue from 113 Street to 122 Street
Didama
Active Member
Gronk!
Senior Member
I found this link in the Cycling and Active Transportation thread
Active Transportation Network Expansion | City of Edmonton
We are expanding Edmonton’s active transportation network with routes that are safe, accessible and predictable for people of all ages and abilities.
TAS
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dkazzed
Active Member
Good route choice. 113 St is already marked with sharrows south of 109 Ave. I was looking at ways to get from Blatchford to the designated Inglewood School and things are perilous at the moment.
fjordgard
New Member
This is similar to a number given by CBC on the This is Edmonton podcast this week. It is also similar to what administration was hinting at recently. It seems like an ambitious number, but I'm here for it.
CplKlinger
Senior Member
Note: Construction, in this context, refers to roads, utilities, etc. that Edmonton puts in before selling the land to developers.
thommyjo
Senior Member
Why NW yellow and not the southern tip/market part?
Blatchford is still such an island surrounded by oceans of empty dirt.
dkazzed
Active Member
I tried to make sense of which roads they are currently paving. By paving I meant the curbs are mostly up and they’re still working on the base layer. 119 could be the first intersection built out into NAIT based on construction activity on both sides of the track but it’s still largely dirt at the moment.
The bike path is lovely. I’m only the 10th person to have recorded a ride on it on Strava. There’s an MUP on the north end read to link east to 107 St but barracades are up to discourage use. Overall great dedicated cycle corridor, other than the need to push beg buttons at 119, 120, and 121 Ave and wait almost 30 seconds for a green light.
The bike path is lovely. I’m only the 10th person to have recorded a ride on it on Strava. There’s an MUP on the north end read to link east to 107 St but barracades are up to discourage use. Overall great dedicated cycle corridor, other than the need to push beg buttons at 119, 120, and 121 Ave and wait almost 30 seconds for a green light.
Coprolite
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fjordgard
New Member
Yes, my understanding is that 119 ave will be connected through to NAIT this summer for driving, but there will also be a shared used path connecting through at 118 ave for biking and walking. This should be a great connection for Blatchford, Westwood and Alberta Avenue residents but will discourage vehicle traffic from cutting through, which is great!