A city committee heard seven applications to build new communities on Calgary's outer edge, but only four were recommended and given initial approval.
One day after Calgary city council voted to approve citywide rezoning, some councillors were back at city hall Wednesday to discuss new communities on the city’s outer edges.
The proposals in Belvedere, Hotchkiss, Lewisburg and Huxley were the recommended to proceed by administration, which committee abided by.City officials said the proposals are evaluated using criteria that include land supply, planning, existing and needed infrastructure and services. “We’re all going to fight for things that are in our ward,” McLean told committee. “I think we should be approving all of these, let’s not be stingy with supply here. Let’s build, baby, build.”City administration said the four recommended proposals would enable 18,677 new homes; however, no timeline was provided.
City estimates also showed it could cost $883 million if all seven growth applications in front of committee were considered during budget talks.Hazen Ellwood with Strong Towns Calgary, a local urbanism advocacy group, said greenfield development has been an “easy answer” to building more housing supply.Although Ellwood said they don’t have an issue with greenfield development, but the potential costs should be noted.
“We’ve got to make sure that these are all going to happen, and the infrastructure capital is there to make it happen,” Sharp said. “We have to be able to look at these and say what are our coffers at, what can we spend money on, what are our competing priorities?”
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