The City of Calgary is exploring an extension of Memorial Drive to help accommodate new communities being developed on the city’s eastern edge. But residents are concerned an extension would eliminate green space.
The extension of the east-west thoroughfare was approved by the previous council as part of area planning for the new community of Belvedere, however the project has not been funded. The proposed project would extend Memorial Drive from the existing communities of Abbeydale and Applewood Park to the east city limits at 116 Street E.It would include a new crossing of the CN Rail line and an east-west overpass across Stoney Trail, without on or off ramps from Stoney Trail.
“I don’t think it’s a good idea: then we lose another green space,” Mark Derocher told Global News. “There’s a lot of people who play with their kids over here… and people with their dogs, they walk their dogs, let the dogs loose here.”Jennifer Lukeniuk, who also lives in the area, said she wasn’t in favour of the idea if it meant losing the green space.
“There’s lots of children around here,” she said. “A lot of people like to walk their dogs and stuff around here and there’s a school over there as well.”
We shouldn’t be spending our money for the benefit of Chestemere Slough residents who don’t pay taxes here but already use too much our infrastructure for free.
OH BIG MAMA!
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