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Originally Posted by Roughneck
“Just” 10-11K residents in an eighth of the area of McKenzie Towne. Plus the visitors to the library, River Walk, St. Patrick’s Island, NMC, hotels, etc.
Seton has a couple billion dollars worth of public investment and projects into the area. How many residents does it have?
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Isn't that mostly the South Health Campus; which is a benefit to Seton but is also meant to serve Calgary's SE and far south and hundreds of thousands of Calgarians and Albertans. And if Seton ends up like its neighbors and most new neighborhoods, it'll probably end up at around 16-18K residents.
In addition to the $400+ million solely on infrastructure to make the EV livable, you also have the large investments like the library, the NMC and the major capital projects nearby. Plus, thanks to the massive budget overrun of the Green Line, especially the downtown section, the first phase will end up only helpful to some inner city residents and practically useless to most suburban commuters.
Clearly, the inner city is getting significant investment from the City, but it sure seems like supporters of that area won't be happy until they get all of the City's investments.