Is there any chance that the temporary road connecting Nose Hill Drive and Bearspaw Dam Road can be made permanent? I understand that it part of the elaborate (and quite effective) temporary detour while the Stoney/Nose Hill interchange is built, but making it permanent would improve access to the Calgary West Soccer Centre and would eliminate a lot of back tracking.
Can someone explain to me what the "'ban on development" in the flood plain means for things like the stampede grounds, east village etc..?
Wrong thread for this question. This the is provincial initiative to prohibit future development and building in floodplains and floodways (not the same thing, btw). While the initiative has been announced, no meaningful explanations have been provided yet. This will likely be followed by some kind of legislation and supplementary regulations that would be debated and then revised a few times, as usual. Municipalities, consulting and development industries will be consulted, I hope, at that time.
How does Car 2 Go's parking arrangement work with the city? Are they charged the same rate as other individuals or does car2go pay a lower rate? I assume they are exempted from any time limits in the parking zones as well.
Wrong thread for this question. This the is provincial initiative to prohibit future development and building in floodplains and floodways (not the same thing, btw). While the initiative has been announced, no meaningful explanations have been provided yet. This will likely be followed by some kind of legislation and supplementary regulations that would be debated and then revised a few times, as usual. Municipalities, consulting and development industries will be consulted, I hope, at that time.
I'm not sure it's the wrong place for this. It's probably just misinformation but it has been reported many times that "the province will place a ban on municipalities allowing building in flood plains".
Unless I read the information wrong, there is no ban on development, just no future aid for development in the floodplains.
A bit of both:
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In a rare Sunday news conference, Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths announced the province will ban new development in floodways — the areas subject to the most destructive flows in so-called “100-year floods.”
The province will allow — and pay for — the repair and rebuilding of damaged homes in floodways, but it will not pay for damages from future floods on refurbished homes in those zones, he said. If a property owner chooses to relocate, the province will provide financial assistance for a new home.
Unless I read the information wrong, there is no ban on development, just no future aid for development in the floodplains.
Which is probably the "correct" way to go about it. It's also probably a de-facto ban on development, since it will likely make it impossible to get financing for anything in the area.
That sounds like a lazy, annoying way to catch speeders.
Probably a lot easier and less prone to contention in court than radar.
That's a great idea actually, if I were the police I'd put a bunch up around the city and take pictures of plates all day long, when plates come up on two different cameras, compute the shortest possible time between the two points.
Way better than radar.
GPS timestamps and info.. great idea. Not that I like farming for $$ with non-attended speed traps, but just from an idea point of view...
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Well, they don't know what to have a position on yet. Nenshi was quoted in Herald today as saying that the City was surprised to hear the announcement. He also added that while they are not necessarily opposed to the idea, they would like to know how it would/could affect Calgary?
Well, they don't know what to have a position on yet. Nenshi was quoted in Herald today as saying that the City was surprised to hear the announcement. He also added that while they are not necessarily opposed to the idea, they would like to know how it would/could affect Calgary?
Any chance of using this to get rid of the biggest bs playground zone in the city down Elbow Drive?
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I have been biking to work from the SE along the Bow River pathway. Since the "flood" my route under Bonneybook bridge and the dodgily constructed CP bridge that collapsed has been to walk my bike a short way under the train bridges and then continue on along the river path towards the bird sanctuary
This morning a member of the CPS said that area was to be closed within 24 hours as its been deemed "to dangerous".
Just wondering if you could check to see if there is an ETA as to when it might be open?
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I have been biking to work from the SE along the Bow River pathway. Since the "flood" my route under Bonneybook bridge and the dodgily constructed CP bridge that collapsed has been to walk my bike a short way under the train bridges and then continue on along the river path towards the bird sanctuary
This morning a member of the CPS said that area was to be closed within 24 hours as its been deemed "to dangerous".
Just wondering if you could check to see if there is an ETA as to when it might be open?
We've tried to get information from CP, but no luck. I wish we could tell you.
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CP is too busy slashing costs left right and centre to get that share price up nice and high for Mr. Harrison to care about such petty things as your bike route.
CP is too busy slashing costs left right and centre to get that share price up nice and high for Mr. Harrison to care about such petty things as your bike route.
How dare you get in the way of commerce.
Shareholder activism is actually a check and a balance against poor management and inefficiency. Even if it was the wrong move for CP, I have a hard time believing that this would have went down any other way had Harrison not been installed as CEO.
