Friday, May 9, 2025
The City of Edmonton is thinking big and building for the future. The City is creating new spaces, places and ways to connect across our growing city with more than 70 construction projects underway.
Capital infrastructure work is guided by The City Plan, which addresses how we live and move around the city. The population of Edmonton is growing quickly, and each construction project the City undertakes is carefully considered, building a thriving, inclusive and climate-resilient city.
“The City has a strategic and thoughtful infrastructure plan,” said Craig Walbaum, Acting Deputy City Manager, Integrated Infrastructure Services. “We are looking ahead to consider the needs of Edmontonians today and in the future. We are coordinating construction activities where possible to minimize traffic disruptions. We are sequencing projects to make the best use of City resources.”
To meet the growing demands on City infrastructure, the 2023-2026 Capital Budget outlines an ambitious infrastructure program – more than $7 billion, including $1.7 billion in infrastructure renewal over four years.
This year, construction on many infrastructure projects will continue, including the William Hawrelak Park Rehabilitation, Terwillegar Drive Expansion, Yellowhead Trail Freeway Conversion and the Imagine Jasper Avenue project. Several new projects will start construction, including neighbourhood renewal in four communities and rehabilitation of several bridges.
“As the City builds for the future, we are looking to improve the quality of life for Edmontonians,” said Walbaum. “We focus on safety, sustainability and accessibility of our existing infrastructure, but we also look at the needs of future generations and how we can improve connectivity in our communities.”
As Edmonton grows, the City is finding opportunities to help people connect to the spaces and places that are most important to them. This means creating more inviting community spaces, such as Warehouse Park, and improving connectivity by filling in the missing links in Edmonton’s active transportation network. As part of Edmonton’s Bike Plan, construction will begin on 24 active transportation routes in 2025, adding 23 kilometres to the network.
The City’s transit network is expanding with major construction continuing on the Valley Line West LRT and the Capital Line South Extension (Phase 1). This year, the City and Marigold Infrastructure Partners are accelerating roadwork on the Valley Line West to reduce the overall duration of traffic impacts by getting many of the roads into final configuration by the end of 2025.
The City is also experiencing an increasing demand for recreation. In west Edmonton, construction continues on the Lewis Farms Facility and Park Project, while in central-north Edmonton, construction of Coronation Park Sports and Recreation Centre is nearing completion. The facility is anticipated to open at the same time as the Peter Hemingway Aquatic Centre in early 2026.
“I want to thank everyone for their patience during construction,” said Walbaum. ”We have a lot to accomplish in Edmonton’s short construction season. The City is focused on building safe and reliable infrastructure for Edmontonians, and our crews are working hard to deliver that.”
The City is managing more than 200 capital infrastructure projects (in various stages of planning, design and delivery) that provide employment for people in the Edmonton region, and help to build a city where we all belong and thrive.
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