Updates
Open House
Display Board
November 28, 2007
Proposed Future Land Use Map
November 28, 2007
Survey Summary Results of Public Open House (June 28, 2007)
Public Open
House Summary (June 28, 2007)
Highway 19 ASP
Open House Display Boards
June 28, 2007
Public Meeting
Presentation
(May 2007)
For more information, please contact:
Rick Stuckenberg, BES, MCIP
Manager of Planning
Planning and Development Department
Leduc County
Phone: (780) 979-2109
Fax: (780) 955-8866
Email: ricks@leduc-county.com
Xin Deng, ACP
Planner
Planning and Development Department
Leduc County
Phone: (780) 979-2107
Fax: (780) 955-8866
Email:
xin@leduc-county.com
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Highway 19 Area Structure Plan
The
Plan
With the prospect of significant road network changes,
increased pressures for industrial and business development, and
anticipated expansion of Edmonton International Airport in area of high
agricultural land quality, an Area Structure Plan is required along
Highway 19 to provide more directions to guide healthy growth and land
use development in the future. EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd. and EXH
Engineering Services Ltd have been hired by Leduc County to joint
prepare the Highway 19 Area Structure Plan. The plan area is bounded on
the east by Queen Elizabeth II Highway, on the south generally by
Highway 19, on the west by the North Saskatchewan River and ravine east
of Devon, and on the north by Township Road 510.
(see Figure 1)
For those who are
interested in this project, please check the County’s web site
frequently, we are going to update news and report the planning
progress.
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Survey Summary of the Public Open House
of Highway 19 Area Structure Plan
Following
the successful Public Open House of Highway 19 Area Structure Plan on
June 28, 2007, sixteen exit surveys were filled out and returned between
June 28 and July 5, 2007. Respondents included resident landowners
(25%), non-resident landowners (44%), developers (6%), others (19%), and
one respondent (6%) did not answer this question. Survey responses
indicate that the information presented at the open house was clear and
understandable to the majority of people (88%). Most respondents (75%)
agreed with the opportunities and constraints that were identified.
Respondents were varied in their preference for future land uses within
the ASP. The top five preferences include light industrial (1st),
business/commercial (2nd), heavy industrial (3rd), “Big Box” commercial
(4th), agriculture (5th – tied) and high density residential (5th –
tied).
Please
click here to review the survey results.
Public Open House
Summary (June 28, 2007)
Following the successful public meetings in May, the first open house on
the Highway 19 Area Structure Plan was held on June 28, 2007 at Nisku
Recreation Centre.
This open house provided
a good opportunity for landowners and interest groups to get updated
information of the project and to speak with representatives from Leduc
County and EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd. Participants could review
the presentation boards to get contextual information, which included
the size of the plan area, population, current land uses, development
opportunities and constraints, and relationship with the airport and the
Nisku Industrial Park. The comments from the previous public meetings
with different groups were summarized, so people could get transparent
and comprehensive information. The consultants also presented issues,
objectives and positions in terms of airport, transportation, servicing,
environment, land use and development. For more information or to
review the display boards, please
click here.
The open house was
successful with quite a lot of people in attendance. Leduc County staff
and the consultants were pleased to answer questions and discuss the
plan with participants. Some common questions related to:
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The proposed land uses, or
allowable land uses;
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Potential impact of Highway 19 realignment and
proposed airport expansion on their properties within or adjacent to
the plan area;
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The timeline of this project;
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The timing for ultimate development of the plan area;
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Development procedure for subdivision and
development;
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Feasibility of the new boundary.
Hard copies of the display boards presented at
the open house are also available
at the Leduc County Planning and Development department, located
on the 2nd floor, County Centre (1101-5 Street, Nisku).
Public Meetings (May 2007)
The plan preparation has recently started and the plan is
targeted for completion in the Fall 2007. As a part of the planning
process, three public meetings with stakeholders, including landowners
within the plan area were held on May 25 & 26, 2007. In order to advise
people as much as possible about this event, invitation letters were
sent to stakeholders directly and two advertisements were posted on the
Pipestone Flyer before the meetings.
More than 50 people attended the public meeting on May 26,
2007 (Saturday) to show their great interest in this project. The
meeting was successful, and it gave landowners a good chance to be fully
informed and to communicate with Leduc County and the consultants.
During the meeting, EBA engineering Consultants Ltd introduced the
project, planning process, presented issues which have been identified
so far, discussed the vision with landowners, and answered questions and
concerns from the landowners. Please
click
here to review the attached presentation from the public meeting.
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