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They’re just waiting for the new signs before starting the next round. :)

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What’s with all the construction in downtown? City of Edmonton explains

There’s LRT work on 104 Avenue, revitalization on 107 Avenue, the Imagine Jasper Avenue project and the warehouse park project construction on 106 Street. Acting deputy city manager Craig Walbaum, also with the city’s Integrated Infrastructure Services, joined CTV Morning Live Edmonton to speak...
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Gronk! said:
www.ctvnews.ca

What’s with all the construction in downtown? City of Edmonton explains

There’s LRT work on 104 Avenue, revitalization on 107 Avenue, the Imagine Jasper Avenue project and the warehouse park project construction on 106 Street. Acting deputy city manager Craig Walbaum, also with the city’s Integrated Infrastructure Services, joined CTV Morning Live Edmonton to speak...
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Not the strongest speaker and explanations. City seems to really struggle with PR sometimes. I’m continually amazed at public feedback sessions how poorly the city staff will explain things. Such a good chance to more persuasively educate people on why the city is doing things.

Like for this video, a key talking point should be: “look, we know the disruptions now are tough. No on likes sitting in traffic. But if we don’t get the LRT built, traffic will be this bad anyways in a few years, except we won’t have a significantly more efficient way to move tens of thousands of people in the same amount of roadway. So this is annoying, but it will buy us decades of better traffic flow vs if we don’t get a train built from the west end to downtown.”
 
thommyjo said:
Not the strongest speaker and explanations. City seems to really struggle with PR sometimes. I’m continually amazed at public feedback sessions how poorly the city staff will explain things. Such a good chance to more persuasively educate people on why the city is doing things.

Like for this video, a key talking point should be: “look, we know the disruptions now are tough. No on likes sitting in traffic. But if we don’t get the LRT built, traffic will be this bad anyways in a few years, except we won’t have a significantly more efficient way to move tens of thousands of people in the same amount of roadway. So this is annoying, but it will buy us decades of better traffic flow vs if we don’t get a train built from the west end to downtown.”
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The City struggles with PR because they think it's about PR when it's not. It's about branding and branding is about what you do and how you do it - what you are - not what you say you are or what you try and promote.

That's as true for cities - as a whole and for individual departments within it - as it is for individuals and for businesses.
 
Short term pain for long term gain is usually not as easy a sell as it sounds because most people are more focused on what they are dealing with now rather than in some future time.

However, we do seem to have a city government currently that does not seem to understand how to interact with or communicate with the public very well.
 
IanO said:
Saw that too and thank god as it was well past due, but it's kinda sad as they just planted it with beautiful flowers 3 weeks ago... .. .

Regardless, good riddance.
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It was nice when it was put in, but it was of a certain era and now feels quite dated and of course hasn't been maintained that well recently, perhaps in anticipation of removal.

I'm skeptical how much street changes will help this area, but the extra space could allow for wider sidewalks which seems to be a desirable and attractive thing now.
 
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