@crisp Fun fact: the property is about the same size as the footprint of the part of West Block currently under construction.
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Perhaps, but strategic policy exists for a reason at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels of government and if you ignore one or two policies over the long term, the results can and will be seen over a longer time period. Operational policy guides things in the short term, but strategic policy guides Edmonton or Alberta or Canada and how all of those will look 50 years from now. There is a reason that Canada was and still is seen as a peacekeeping force - strategic policy. Likewise, why rapid transit has flourished in cities like Calgary and Vancouver, but have stagnated in Edmonton - strategic policy. Like I said in my other post, if you ignore too many policies, you will end up down the road like Grande Prairie, Red Deer, etc, which have had relaxed development policies in the name of growth. The same argument applies in Edmonton as far as the explosion in the suburbs goes. It is what it is, but the existing policies we had in place allowed for extreme growth outward.^^ If every development has to tick off all those boxes, nothing will get built. And for what's its worth, an answer can be made for almost all those points with the project.