Transit Oriented Development
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TOD Planning efforts Four TOD planning efforts are currently planned or underway in Edmonton. These plans are: • • • •
Station Pointe-21 hectares adjacent to the existing Belvedere LRT Station Mill Woods Station Area Redevelopment—A plan for redevelopment around the planned Mill Woods LRT station McKernan-Belgravia Station Area Redevelopment —A plan for redevelopment around the existing McKernan/Belgravia LRT station Blatchford Redevelopment—City of Edmonton-initiated redevelopment of the 217 hectare City Centre Airport in which there will be two LRT stations on the future Metro (Northwest) LRT line
Station Pointe (Old Town Fort Road Redevelopment)
Figure 85: Station Pointe Plan
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The Station Pointe project area is - Fort Road widened /- on-street parking - special streetscape treatment located adjacent to the Belvedere - up to 250 residential units above commercial upgrading and infill on west side / - redevelopment on east side LRT station between 66 Street - architectural guidelines and 129 Avenue, and between High Density Residential Area - townhouses / high density residential (up to 750 units) Fort Road and the CN rail line. - high quality pedestrian environment with tree lined streets The project's intent is to revitalize individual ground floor units to address the street Mixed Use Area the historic Fort Road old town - retention of existing commercial and light industrial area, a once vibrant business - some redevelopment to high density residential community, by redeveloping it into Parks and Open Space CNR LINE - multi-use corridor a higher-density transit oriented - passive and active park uses development. The City received a Brownie Award—a Canadian Urban Institute Award for Brownfield Development— for legislation, policy and program development because the study area was once a contaminated and underutilized industrial and quasi-commercial land. ar"
COMMERCIAL AND CONIMERCIAURESIDEMIAL HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PARK SPACE
Main Component The primary components of the Station Pointe redevelopment are the widening of Old Fort Road and the creation of an urban transit-oriented village adjacent to the LRT Station. Fort Road will be widened from four to six lanes and will receive a new landscaped median and improved streetscape features. The urban village will be located along the southeast side of Fort Road and will include a mixture of mediumand high-density residential uses above ground-floor commercial and retail uses. The
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