City seeks input on plan for proposed neighbourhood on former U of A farmland

A rainbow flag flies at Edmonton City Hall, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014.

The city is looking for input from people on its plan for a proposed south-central Edmonton neighbourhood that would be developed on former university farm land.

The land for West 240 Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan is located between 122 Street and the Whitemud Creek ravine south of Grandview Heights and north of Lansdowne.

The call for input is the start of Phase 2 of the plan. It includes online public engagement available Monday through April 19 and a drop-in open house at the Alfred H. Savage Centre, 13909 Fox Dr. NW, on April 9 from 6-9 p.m.

The call for input on West 240 is one of five initiatives on which the city is looking for public feedback. They also include:

• engagement opportunities for neighbourhoods selected for Vision Zero Street Labs, including Lendrum Place, Terrace Heights, Casselman, McLeod, Abbottsfield, Rundle Heights and Argyll;
• selecting sites in the Desrochers, Allard, Cavanagh and Callaghan neighbourhoods as part of the Fall 2026 Naturalization Planting schedule;
• input on recommended directions and implementation ideas proposed in the first draft of the Heritage Places Strategy; and
• input from residents in what is most important to them for the 2027-30 budget.