yeggator
Active Member
Drove around Blatchford for a bit, including up to the 119th Avenue crossing at the LRT tracks (which may or may not have been legal, idk, there were no barriers but it wasn't paved). I'm guessing that at this point in the season, construction work would be mostly stopped, so now's a good recap of what's been developed there.
In terms of transportation, a LOT of roads have been laid out or graded (and I assume the utilities are in place too), so it seems that a lot of the area is ripe for development, and it's just a matter of people wanting to come in and buy homes. This includes a long stretch of Alpha Boulevard and the road running parallel to the transit mall. I'm guessing that the roadway crossings will be finished next year (just in time for the opening of the Metro Line extension), which will allow people to easily shortcut from Blatchford to NAIT by car (not that it would be encouraged), and then shortcut to the rest of the neighbourhoods east of 107 Street.
As for development, it's basically fully built out between Cedric Mah and Blatchford Roads up to Alpha Boulevard, and new townhomes are slowly coming along by Fane Road. Honestly, it's really starting to look like a cozy community, especially with all the Christmas lights set up. I think once they finish building out Fane Road, some more development further northwest along Alpha Boulevard, between that road and the stormwater pond and turning the concrete pads around the Indigenous high school into grassy fields, that should really tie the community together and spur along development at a faster pace (along with the LRT being in service and the station connections being done).
2024 is going to be a year for Blatchford to shine in an otherwise filler-year when it comes to infrastructure projects (VLW, Capital Line South and Yellowhead projects slowly chugging along).
In terms of transportation, a LOT of roads have been laid out or graded (and I assume the utilities are in place too), so it seems that a lot of the area is ripe for development, and it's just a matter of people wanting to come in and buy homes. This includes a long stretch of Alpha Boulevard and the road running parallel to the transit mall. I'm guessing that the roadway crossings will be finished next year (just in time for the opening of the Metro Line extension), which will allow people to easily shortcut from Blatchford to NAIT by car (not that it would be encouraged), and then shortcut to the rest of the neighbourhoods east of 107 Street.
As for development, it's basically fully built out between Cedric Mah and Blatchford Roads up to Alpha Boulevard, and new townhomes are slowly coming along by Fane Road. Honestly, it's really starting to look like a cozy community, especially with all the Christmas lights set up. I think once they finish building out Fane Road, some more development further northwest along Alpha Boulevard, between that road and the stormwater pond and turning the concrete pads around the Indigenous high school into grassy fields, that should really tie the community together and spur along development at a faster pace (along with the LRT being in service and the station connections being done).
2024 is going to be a year for Blatchford to shine in an otherwise filler-year when it comes to infrastructure projects (VLW, Capital Line South and Yellowhead projects slowly chugging along).