'Tis the season to talk about snow clearing
Speaking Municipally
English - October 13, 2023 18:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsGovernment News edmonton yeg politics news city council yegcc local Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week, we cover transit improvements for youth and winter, more funding for snow and ice clearing, the latest on the Valley Line LRT, and tennis vs. pickleball.
Here are the relevant links for this episode:
Transit stuff
Snow clearing
Edmonton mayor suggests reinjecting $5M to snow and ice budget to improve access to transitRally for the Road
City funds website to help Stony Plain Road businesses amidst Valley Line West LRT constructionRally for the RoadValley Line LRT
TransEd's tweetTrain testing complete on Edmonton's Valley Line LRT routeVoting block
Data shows six councillors form dominant Edmonton City Council voting blockTennis courts
Saville Tennis Centre opens in Edmonton with year-round courtsFalling concrete
Concrete cladding falls off downtown Edmonton building, city enacts emergency closuresMask directive
AHS adopts enhanced masking directive for acute care sitesOilers loss
GAME RECAP: Canucks 8, Oilers 1This episode was sponsored by Coun. Michael Janz, the University of Alberta, and MADE (that's Media Architecture Design Edmonton). Curbing Traffic: An Evening with Chris Bruntlett takes place on Oct. 19 in Edmonton, with a discussion about what other places have done to build cycling cities. Tickets are $15 each, but you can get in for $5 by using the offer code TAPROOT, while supplies last.
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