Rocky View County seeks to annex portion of Calgary-owned road

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It appears like an uncommon land annexation on the outskirts of Calgary is shifting ahead, but it surely won’t be what you’d count on.

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In a flip from the same old sample of the town annexing land on the outskirts of its surrounding counties, Rocky View County as an alternative desires to take again a small portion of the land the town beforehand annexed.

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The request, first made final November, seeks to annex a protracted strip of roughly 2.6 acres of land, together with a portion of 101 Avenue SW. The part of street is positioned on the north aspect of Stoney Path, throughout from Discovery Ridge and the Elbow Springs Golf Course.

Byron Riemann, Rocky View County’s govt director of operations, mentioned in a letter to the town that it is actually a matter of comfort for everybody concerned. He mentioned the street was annexed to Calgary in 2007, but it surely serves residents of the province and is tough to entry from throughout the metropolis.

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He additionally famous that increasing Stoney Path will completely take away direct metropolis entry to that part of 101 Avenue, which means it is going to be much more tough for metropolis street crews to hold out their tasks.

Alternative for cooperation, says metropolis administration

In a report, metropolis administration advisable that the council assist the annexation partially as a result of it might be a chance to work with the municipalities.

Shovel. Richard Pootmans, whose ward comprises the portion of land, mentioned unintended penalties of development aren’t that unusual, and this annexation goals to deal with that.

“Most likely what’s taking place is that nobody was naturally anticipating overpasses, and U-turns and on-ramps off the freeway,” he mentioned. “And so any time you do development tasks like that, it tends to isolate little items of street.”

The Council’s intergovernmental affairs committee unanimously authorized the movement on Tuesday. Calgary metropolis council would nonetheless want to present it closing approval, after which it might be as much as the provincial authorities to approve the annexation.

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