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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