Happy fall! Hopefully everyone had a great summer and feels ready to return to work and school routines.
Congratulations to Northern Hills Community Association for marking its 25th anniversary by painting the longest mural in Canada! Featuring Calgary’s rich history, this project made the news over the summer: www.globalnews.ca/video/4358293/calgary-artists-asking-for-volunteers-to-help-create-canadas-longest-mural. On September 15, please plan to attend the wrap-up event, celebrating what our community has accomplished together. For more information, check www.northernhills.ab.ca/mural/.
Over the summer, the governments of Canada, Alberta, and Calgary, along with the Calgary Airport Authority, committed to fund completion of Calgary’s Airport Trail between 36 Street NE and 60 Street NE. Supporting approximately 400 jobs, the project includes construction of interchanges at 19 Street NE and Barlow Trail, an intersection at Metis Trail, and a new southbound-to-westbound ramp at the Stoney Trail interchange. Work should begin later this year.
Once completed, Airport Trail will provide a second critical east-west transportation corridor in north Calgary, improve passenger and cargo access to the airport, and provide better routes for many who commute to work at or near the airport. The Calgary International Airport and surrounding area is the second largest employment centre in Calgary after the downtown core, with 24,000 jobs on airport land and nearly 50,000 full-time jobs directly related to the airport.
Alberta’s economy continues to recover. Upstream energy sector employment was up in 2017. Production increases of 12 percent in crude bitumen, 8 percent in conventional oil, and 2 percent in natural gas were supported by significant increases in drilling activity. As we work to extend the recovery to all Albertans, Premier Rachel Notley continues to fight for pipelines, with Alberta closer than ever to breaking the land lock.
Please contact my office anytime with your ideas and concerns. It is always good to hear from constituents.
