CITY BUILDING NEWSLETTER - October update
The projects bringing The City Plan's vision to life
Housing
Help Welcome Homes Near You This Housing Month
Everyone deserves a place to call home. Your support for affordable housing makes it possible. Get a ‘Welcome Homes’ mat to welcome affordable housing in your neighbourhood.
Affordable housing means more homes, more neighbours and more opportunities for all Edmontonians to thrive. To create a city with housing for everyone, we need to welcome homes everywhere.
Learn more and find pick-up locations at edmonton.ca/WelcomeHomes.
You're Invited! Edmonton Housing Month
November is Edmonton Housing Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness of the need and importance of safe, suitable and affordable housing in Edmonton. The City of Edmonton and its partner organizations are hosting numerous events throughout the month.
November 6: City Lunch & Learn - A Guide for Developing Sustainable and Accessible Affordable Housing in Edmonton
November 20: City Lunch and Learn - The City’s Progress in Preventing, Resolving and Responding to Homelessness
All month: Get a free ‘Welcome Homes’ doormat to show your support for affordable housing in your neighbourhood. Pick-up sites are available across Edmonton at edmonton.ca/WelcomeHomes.
All month: Partner-led Lunch & Learns
All month: Tour supportive housing sites across Edmonton
Find a full list of events at housingmonth.ca
Valley Line West LRT
102 Avenue Bike Lanes Temporarily Move to 103 Avenue
To accommodate Valley Line West LRT construction, the bike lanes on 102 Avenue will be temporarily relocated to 103 Avenue.
Work is underway to install protected bike lanes along 103 Avenue from 103 Street to Railtown Park Trail (110 Street). This work is expected to take approximately three weeks, weather permitting. Once installation is complete, cyclists can use the bike lanes on 103 Avenue and the bike lanes on 102 Avenue will close. The 103 Avenue bike lanes are expected to be in place until the end of 2027. During this time, on-street parking will be limited on 103 Avenue, including changes to EPark zones.
The 103 Avenue bike lanes will be integrated into the largest downtown cycle network, including bike signals, signs and pavement markings. More information can be found here.
The gantry crane pictured along 87 Ave. near 182 Street in west Edmonton
Completion of Elevated Guideway Superstructure Marks Major Milestone
A major construction milestone has been achieved on the Valley Line West LRT project. All concrete segments are now in place for the elevated guideway along 87 Avenue. With that, Edmontonians can bid farewell to the massive, 400-tonne gantry crane that has been instrumental in completing this section of the LRT line. The gantry crane will be dismantled over the coming weeks.
The elevated guideway is a two-kilometre stretch of the Valley Line West between 182 Street and 163 Street that will connect the West Edmonton Mall and Misericordia Hospital stations.
While the elevated guideway structure is complete, there is still work to be done to finish the guideway, including the overhead catenary system, walkways, railings and the West Edmonton Mall and Misericordia Hospital elevated stations. More information can be found here.