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BlatchfordRedevelopment
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The vision…
Transform an airport…
217 hectares of land in the heart of the city
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The Blatchford community
•Mixed use Development
•Transit-oriented development
•Reduced ecological footprint
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Planning principles
• Planning & design• Ecological footprint• Infrastructure• Family housing• Green space• Technology• History
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Master plan
West West DistrictDistrict
Town Town CentreCentre
ParkPark
East East DistrictDistrict
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Town Centre
• Adjacent to southern LRT stop
• Retail, office, residential
• Potential health care “cluster”
• Central plaza community core
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East district
• Medium-high density residential area
• LRT with transit-oriented development
• Integrates with NAIT’s post-secondary campus
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West district
• Focus on homes for families
• Lower density• Transit to provide
quick access to LRT• Urban agriculture
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The park
• Amenities for all seasons
• Destination for all Edmontonians
• Easily accessed by LRT and pedestrian/ bicycle multi-use trail network
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West district
• Bush Pilot Runway
• see DFP
Secondary roads
Furrow/community garden
School site
Stormwater ponds
Parks and greenways
Secondary roads
Central plaza
Main road
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Community destinations
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West district destinations
Active street design
Community destinations
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People first philosophy
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Trails and cycling routes
Active routes
Major cycling route
Cycling routes
Existing multi-use train
Connection to multi-use trail
Traffic calming
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Transit and LRT
LRT station
Public transit route
Potential transit stop
Northwest LRT line
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West district land use
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Environmentally innovative
• Green building designs – minimize water,
heat, power use
• Renewable energy sources for heat and power
• Reuse water from stormwater ponds
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Environmentally innovative
• Promoting active transportation – walking, cycling,
• Designing convenient transit access• Recycling construction and demolition waste
– Runways turned into aggregate for future roads
• Designing the plan so we can adopt new technologies
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Timing
• Current: engineering/pre-construction work• 2014: Zoning, Stage 1 engineering completed,
construction will begin• 2016/17: People living/working on site