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BlatchfordRedevelopment

The vision…

Transform an airport…

217 hectares of land in the heart of the city

The Blatchford community

•Mixed use Development

•Transit-oriented development

•Reduced ecological footprint

Planning principles

• Planning & design• Ecological footprint• Infrastructure• Family housing• Green space• Technology• History

Master plan

West West DistrictDistrict

Town Town CentreCentre

ParkPark

East East DistrictDistrict

Town Centre

• Adjacent to southern LRT stop

• Retail, office, residential

• Potential health care “cluster”

• Central plaza community core

East district

• Medium-high density residential area

• LRT with transit-oriented development

• Integrates with NAIT’s post-secondary campus

West district

• Focus on homes for families

• Lower density• Transit to provide

quick access to LRT• Urban agriculture

The park

• Amenities for all seasons

• Destination for all Edmontonians

• Easily accessed by LRT and pedestrian/ bicycle multi-use trail network

West district

• Bush Pilot Runway

• see DFP

Secondary roads

Furrow/community garden

School site

Stormwater ponds

Parks and greenways

Secondary roads

Central plaza

Main road

Community destinations

West district destinations

Active street design

Community destinations

People first philosophy

Trails and cycling routes

Active routes

Major cycling route

Cycling routes

Existing multi-use train

Connection to multi-use trail

Traffic calming

Transit and LRT

LRT station

Public transit route

Potential transit stop

Northwest LRT line

West district land use

Environmentally innovative

• Green building designs – minimize water,

heat, power use

• Renewable energy sources for heat and power

• Reuse water from stormwater ponds

Environmentally innovative

• Promoting active transportation – walking, cycling,

• Designing convenient transit access• Recycling construction and demolition waste

– Runways turned into aggregate for future roads

• Designing the plan so we can adopt new technologies

Timing

• Current: engineering/pre-construction work• 2014: Zoning, Stage 1 engineering completed,

construction will begin• 2016/17: People living/working on site