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Metro | Calgary Alberta Transportation is preparing to purchase a section of Clearwater Park from the city for construction of the southwest Ring Road. The city-owned park is just minutes outside the city limits, not far from Signal Hill. According to Aileen Machell, press secretary to Transportation Minister Brian Mason, the province will be purchasing about 14 acres of land, or 8.75 per cent of
the 160-acre park. The parkland was donated to the city in 1979 by the Devonian Group. Machell said the city is proposing to construct a wetland within Clearwater Park which will be used for educational purposes. A city spokesperson said they can’t comment while the matter is under negotiation. According to the city’s website, Clearwater Park is 160 acres of virtually untouched, pristine land on the banks of the Elbow River. The city has a concept plan for constructing Clearwater Legacy Park, which would be constructed under the ENMAX Parks Program. Early concept plans from 2011 show that park taking up the southwest corner of the parkland.
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