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Last Updated:
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Lynnwood Link:
Deadline for next issue:
May 15, 2008
Regarding 87th Avenue
LRT Proposal
LYNNWOOD COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Important Updates:
Community website:
www.westlrtconcerns.com
City Website:
www.edmonton.ca/LRTprojects
Presentation given at
Town Hall Meeting:
W LRT Presentation 2.pdf
Edmonton City Council's Transportation and
Public Works Public Hearing on the proposed 87th Avenue line: has
been postponed to Tuesday,
September 9, 2008, at City Hall - more details to
follow!
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Attention Lynnwood: 87th Avenue
LRT Proposal
The City of Edmonton has proposed an
extension to the LRT line which will come from University Avenue, cross
the river on a bridge, tunnel under Valleyview, emerge at the traffic
circle at 142nd Street and carry on down 87th
Avenue above ground to Lewis Estates. The second option is to go Fox
Drive, up 149th Street and then down 87th Avenue.
The Transportation Committee of City Council
will vote on this proposal on Tuesday, May 20th
September 9, at 1:30 p.m. TBA, so
Lynnwood’s time frame to understand/react to the proposals is very,
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Immediate Implications for
Lynnwood include:
·
expropriation
of houses along 87th
Avenue of up to two streets, and potentially along 149th
Street as well
·
walls
erected next to remaining houses, which will have
sound/vibration issues
·
severely
compromised access in and out of our community, and to and from
neighborhood schools
·
introduction
of much higher density housing all along
87th Avenue
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major
implications for traffic flow on
149th Street,
156th Street
and
87th Avenue
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unparalleled
changes to how we live and travel
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To help inform Lynnwood residents, the
Community League has:
·
created
a website
www.westlrtconcerns.com.
There is also a page on the site where you can vote on the
proposal and put your comments in. We will take the input
collected forward to City Council so please take the time to
visit the site.
·
organized
a Town Hall Meeting to discuss proposal on Monday, May 12th
at
7:00 p.m. at Lynnwood School, 15451 - 84 Avenue. Please attend the meeting for more
info and dialogue.
Ward 1 Councillor Karen Leibovici supports the 87th Avenue route;
Councillor Linda Sloan has
has not yet publicly supported the 87th Avenue route. If you have concerns about the very limited
time frame to react; if you feel
you don’t have enough information; or, if you have concerns about the
proposal itself, contact:
1) Mayor Stephen Mandel and each
of the City Councillors:
2nd Floor, City Hall
1 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, AB T5J 2R7
Phone: (780) 496-8100
To email: go to
www.edmonton.ca; then go to City Council; then go to “e-mail all
Councillors”
2) Media outlets, including
newspaper letters to the editor
3) Register to speak at May 20th
September 9 meeting, 1:30 p.m. TBA, Council Chambers. Phone: 496-8178. Everyone who
registers gets 5 minutes to speak. Alternatively, turn out to support
those who are speaking and to hear the debate!
To register to speak at the meeting, go to:
http://www.edmonton.ca/RegistertoSpeak
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Thank you to all who
participated in Lynnwood's
Annual Ravine
Clean-up!
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Community Connect
Networking Opportunity
Information Night
Saturday, June 4, 2008
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at
Woodcroft Community Hall
13915 - 115 Avenue
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LYNNWOOD PLAYSCHOOL (2008-2009 School Year)
TO UNDERGO CHANGES:
For more
information about the program, please visit the following website:
www.westedmontonplayschool.ca
and click on
Registration/Classes, or, check out the Lynnwood Community
Programs/Playschool link.
If there
are any questions or concerns, please contact Michelle (444-3594) of the
Lynnwood Community League, or, if your inquiry is specific to the new
playschool, please e-mail Dawn at:
ddowd@westedmontonplayschool.ca
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