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No @westcoastjos I do have child (1) -- she is my retirement plan If the City ops for a box (containing the interior stuff -- not ball diamonds, etc.), then they are not going to save any money unless they get rid of some of the pool amenities, spas, etc. The building form is not the expensive part -- the interior functions are (again omitting concerns for the exterior elements). If it is just "space" that they want to adjust, I am pretty sure there are a number of vacant buildings in the area that could be leased.

 

[Moderne]

Better to scrap the plan than to subjugate the project to an anonymous box.

I agree, would rather delay the plan instead of "value engineering" it. We've all seen what happens here when we do that.

 

[Daveography]

@StopDropandLOL No idea what you mean

 

[Daveography]

Edmonton city council agrees to push back construction of Lewis Farms rec centre - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca

Plans to build a large rec centre for a quickly growing part of west Edmonton were officially put on hold on Day 2 of budget deliberations at city hall on Thursday.

globalnews.ca

 

[Gus Haynes]

I'm not into cutbacks, but I'm glad to see the City de-prioritize this project in the wake of Kenney's forced austerity.

 

[KyleBlanchett]

So I have heard that PCL is asking for budget pricing for the Lewis Farms Rec Center again.

 

[Daveography]

@KyleBlanchett Not sure what that means, are they pushing to put it back in the budget?

 

[KyleBlanchett]

@Daveography They might be looking for work? It doesn't make much sense to me.

 

[Daveography]

@KyleBlanchett I can see that, I imagine once all this is over we're going to need infrastructure spending the likes of which would make even Keynes blush to get our economy back on track, assuming we event want the economy to look anything like it once did (personally I'm hoping we see at least a few changes to it first).

 

[Airboy]

There are a few projects I know of that are in holding pattern, but they are expansion projects. there is still design work moving forward, (knock on wood). Also working of a couple of RFP today. everything is moving but with the expectation that there will be a hold.

 

[Calfaer]

Lewis Farms rec centre finally gets nod from Edmonton city council

While I'm glad west end residents have a facility like this coming in, I can't say I'm particularly thrilled on the far-flung location and having it be away from transit. It attracts growth in the wrong area (IMO) and continues to promote sprawl.

 

[thommyjo]

Lewis Farms rec centre finally gets nod from Edmonton city council

While I'm glad west end residents have a facility like this coming in, I can't say I'm particularly thrilled on the far-flung location and having it be away from transit. It attracts growth in the wrong area (IMO) and continues to promote sprawl.

Totally. This needs to be one of the last. Sadly it was planned out long ago and plans can't be changed. The right way to do this would have been having it next to to the LRT, along with a high school and some mid rises with shopping below. Could have created a community center node linked to transit that would redeem the sprawling west end.

But no. Just a bunch of strip malls, surface parking, empty buses, lane widening, and the usual...

 

[Gronk!]

Just a wild guess but I wouldn't be surprised if an LRT extension is in the works.

 

[KyleBlanchett]

I am so thrilled this is going forward. I live in the Secord neighborhood and this is what everyone has been wanting for years. For the transit part of the site the LRT final stop is Lewis farms which is only 1.7 km away from the site of the rec center.

 

[KyleBlanchett]

Just a wild guess but I wouldn't be surprised if an LRT extension is in the works.

I wish that was true but there isn't space for a LRT. 87th is a one lane road with houses and schools on ether side.