CITY BUILDING NEWSLETTER - November update
UPDATES | The latest project updates to keep you in-the-know
Heritage Places Strategy
The City's new Heritage Places Strategy will reimagine how we identify, commemorate, and preserve the places that matter most to Edmontonians.
Until November 30, visit engaged.edmonton.ca/heritage-places-strategy to share your feedback on the draft Guiding Principles and Pillars as part of the project's second phase of engagement. Your input will help refine the Principles and Pillars and inform full draft of the strategy. The full draft strategy will be shared in early 2026 as part of the final phase of engagement.
Transportation 
We’re reviewing traffic flow in the Belgravia neighbourhood to better understand the challenges people may experience moving through the area.
There are several ways to get involved and share your experiences:
- Provide feedback directly on the Engaged Edmonton webpage between November 24 and December 21
- Participate in the Online Q&A session on December 10 at 7 pm.
- Sign up for a walking tour or a Chat with a Planner session
Visit engaged.edmonton.ca/belgraviatrafficreview to learn more and participate.
Feedback will be used, along with technical and policy considerations, to help assess potential short- and long-term neighbourhood traffic and shortcutting improvement measures which will be brought to City Council's Urban Planning Committee for information. Further Committee direction and funding would be required to implement any future improvement measures.
Edmonton Urban Design Awards 
The Polykar Manufacturing Facility won the People's Choice Award
Edmonton has some amazing architecture, parks and art and the Edmonton Urban Design Awards celebrate the best our city has to offer. Now in its 20th year, the EUDA takes place every two years and hands out honours to architects, landscape architects, planners, designers, artists and up-and-coming students of those fields.
The 2025 Edmonton Urban Design Awards were handed out November 30. See the full listing of the award winners and learn more about their projects. Visit edmonton.ca/urbandesignawards.
Waste Services
The City is currently engaging with the non-residential sector, also known as the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) sector. The goal is to gather input on proposed future actions that could advance waste reduction and diversion in this sector.
In Edmonton, about 70 per cent of waste generated comes from non-residential sources, such as businesses and institutions. Up to 80 per cent of that waste could be reduced or diverted from landfill through approaches like reuse and salvage, recycling and composting. This presents both a significant challenge and a major opportunity.
If your business or organization (like a grocery store, restaurant, food processor, developer or demolition company) generates non-residential waste, specifically food scraps, surplus edible food, construction waste or demolition materials, we want to hear from you.
Your feedback will help to further shape waste reduction and diversion actions into recommendations that will be presented to City Council as part of the first ICI waste roadmap.
For more information, to take part in a survey or to register for a digital engagement session, visit edmonton.ca/nonresidentialwaste
Growth Analysis
The 2024 Approved Net New Dwellings Report and Redeveloping Area Infill Report are now available at edmonton.ca/growthanalysis.
These reports examine building permits issued for net new homes in Edmonton and provide analysis on Edmonton’s residential growth patterns. The reports show that areas of the Southwest, Ellerslie, and West Henday districts experienced significant new home growth.
Residential growth since 2021 generally aligns with the vision described in The City Plan, which anticipated that the most significant growth would occur in the developing area (outside the Anthony Henday and north of 41 Avenue SW) for the first several years following the Plan’s adoption in 2020. Growth is expected to shift to a greater proportion of net new homes in the redeveloping area (roughly inside the Anthony Henday) as the city moves towards a population of 1.5 million and new land development policies, initiatives and regulations take full effect.
Read the annual reports or check out the ongoing, regularly updated residential building permits dashboard to learn more about the types of new housing and growth happening in your neighbourhood.
Valley Line West LRT
Elevated guideway along 87 Avenue near West Edmonton Mall
Major construction on the Valley Line West LRT project will soon begin to wind down for the season, although some work will continue through the winter months.
Significant progress was made on the project this year, with the main focus being the 2025 accelerated roadwork plan. Road and trackwork were completed at several major intersections along the VLW alignment. This work was all completed on or ahead of schedule.
This year also marked the completion of the elevated guideway structure along 87 Avenue and the arrival of the first Light Rail Vehicle. To stay informed on Valley Line West construction through the winter, sign up for the City's newsletter and Marigold Infrastructure Partners' construction notices.
Bike lanes along 103 Avenue at 109 Street
To accommodate Valley Line West LRT construction, the bike lanes on 102 Avenue have been temporarily relocated to 103 Avenue.
In early November, protected bike lanes opened along 103 Avenue between 103 Street and Railtown Park Trail (110 Street). The bike lanes along 102 Avenue are now closed and drainage work is underway. The 103 Avenue bike lanes are integrated into the larger downtown cycle network, including bike signals, signs and pavement markings. To access 103 Avenue, cyclists can use the existing north-south bike infrastructure along Railtown Park Trail, 106 Street or 103 Street.
The 103 Avenue bike lanes are expected to be in place until the end of 2027. As part of the Valley Line West project, new, permanent bike lanes will be built on 102 Avenue. More information can be found here.