City council draws its line in the asphalt
Download MP3This week, council heard about the vast majority of parking lots downtown being unpermitted. And, true to form, they decided to do something about it later! Plus, we get the scoop on Edmonton Design Week.
Here are the relevant links for this episode:
Here are the relevant links for this episode:
Edmonton Design Week
- Edmonton Design Week 2023
- Email us your answers to the trivia questions before our next episode to be entered to win a pass to design week!
Surface parking
- Ninety per cent of central Edmonton surface parking lots do not have permits: city staff
- 2009 ABCA 65 (CanLII) | Emeric Holdings Inc. v. Edmonton (City) | CanLII
- Ashley Salvador: Unpermitted Parking Lots Shouldn't Get a Free Pass
Complete streets
Transit funding
- Transit in Edmonton needs more stable funding for the future, councillors say
- On the agenda: Surface parking lots, Metro Line to Blatchford, and funding transit growth
Villeneuve Airport Area
Crime conference
U of A growth
Hydrogen EVs
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