The City of Red Deer is cutting red tape and adjusting policies to reduce development costs and spur more growth. Local developers who are doing building upgrades or new construction will face…
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Red Deer city council approves $1.5M for servicing addictions treatment site
The City of Red Deer is partnering with the province to try to expedite the construction of the local addictions treatment centre. City councillors on Monday gave unanimous approval to a number…
Federal funding announced for several Red Deer infrastructure projects
The federal and provincial governments have announced funding for 61 infrastructure projects across Alberta, including several in the Red Deer area. Ottawa is investing more than $73 million in these projects through…
Red Deer city council discusses $219 M in capital projects for 2021
Red Deer’s proposed 2021 capital budget has nearly doubled, in these lean times, because the city wants to take advantage of federal and provincial infrastructure grants. City Manager Allan Seabrooke told council…
Construction expected to start next fall at Red Deer hospital
The $100-million expansion of Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre is expected to begin next fall. Alberta Infrastructure and Alberta Health Services are in the final stages of planning to expand and upgrade…
Lacombe Athletic Park Association unveils sign, breaks ground on field house expansion
The shovels were out but this wasn’t a typical ground-breaking ceremony. The Lacombe Athletic Park Association (LAPA) had a “socially distant” ME Global sign reveal and fieldhouse expansion celebration on Wednesday. Read…
Ottawa grants $15 million towards Red Deer’s G.H. Dawe Recreation Centre expansion
The federal and provincial governments have contributed their shares toward the $42-million expansion of Red Deer’s G.H. Dawe Centre, but the full municipal portion hasn’t yet been approved. More than $15 million…
COVID-19 & Construction Activity in Canada
Procore Technologies has provided a Construction Activity Index that illustrates how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected construction activity in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario, with worker hours dropping in March and recovering…
Blackfalds needs a new high school, regardless of whether it’s a P3 build, suggests official
Blackfalds is slated to get a new school that could be built as a private-public partnership. The new high school for the Wolf Creek School Division has a projected budget of about…
Province to twin David Thompson Highway from Sylvan Lake to Rocky Mountain House
The David Thompson Highway is getting a makeover. Premier Jason Kenney was in Sylvan Lake Friday morning to announce a project to twin and divide 66 kilometres of Highway 11 from Sylvan…