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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Their stance is that the contamination cleanup is so expensive, that it is too easy to keep putting it off (and has been put off for decades), whereas a major project like this would/could be the catalyst to garner provincial and/or federal funds to get it done.
And that would benefit the city immensely because, as you said, once it is cleaned up, that property becomes substantially more valuable, and tax revenues will rise as a result.
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If a large scale project like CalgaryNEXT can't kickstart the cleanup it's likely not going to happen in some of our lifetimes. Does anyone foresee a condo project kickstarting it?