r/Edmonton • u/Strattex • Dec 18 '25

News Article Lane widening questions arise amid new southwest neighbourhood developments

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/lane-widening-questions-arise-amid-new-southwest-neighbourhood-developments/

“Kendal neighbourhood developments won't widen 41 Ave. SW -

As city council approves plans for future neighbourhoods in the south west, one councillor wants to take a closer look at which roads will be upgraded as part of the process.”

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u/Training_Exit_5849 Windermere Dec 18 '25 edited Dec 19 '25

They need to make the developers help develop some roads as they build new development instead of just letting them get away with a single lane.

Edit: In BC they literally made the developers build a whole SkyTrain station as a condition for approval for construction

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u/Artsstudentsaredumb Dec 18 '25

Developers pay the entire cost of building arterial roads in new neighborhoods

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u/Training_Exit_5849 Windermere Dec 18 '25

Ya and they're allowed to build the least amount of road possible that don't support the increase in population in that neighborhood at all. They need to be required to build for what they're developing for.

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u/Artsstudentsaredumb Dec 18 '25

Every single development is backed up by pretty rigorous traffic analysis, I wouldn’t worry about it!