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Greenspace said:
Budget 2025 - https://www.alberta.ca/budget-documents#25-26

Edmonton Capital Budget highlights:
  • $100m U of A Biological Sciences building replacement
  • $41m NAIT Advanced Skills
  • $4m Norquest expansion planning
  • $8m Campus St. Jean upgrades
  • $81m Norwood Health Centre
  • $1m Stollery planning
  • $106m Edmonton Downtown and Coliseum site improvements
  • $2m Law Courts expansion planning
  • $13m Winspear expansion (previously announced)
  • MacEwan School of Business previously announced
  • $2.9B for Calgary and Edmonton LRT (3 years)
  • $556m for affordable housing over 3 years (includes Fed money)
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The lack of addressing GIPOT is disappointing - but ultimately it might be offset by the income tax adjustments.
 
@BASE posted about it in the Municipal thread:
  • $17.2 million to increase grants made to municipalities in lieu of property taxes on government-owned property to 75%, up from the current 50%. By next year, the province will cover 100% of the amount that would be paid if the property was taxable.
 
Greenspace said:
Budget 2025 - https://www.alberta.ca/budget-documents#25-26

Edmonton Capital Budget highlights:
  • $100m U of A Biological Sciences building replacement
  • $41m NAIT Advanced Skills
  • $4m Norquest expansion planning
  • $8m Campus St. Jean upgrades
  • $81m Norwood Health Centre
  • $1m Stollery planning
  • $106m Edmonton Downtown and Coliseum site improvements
  • $2m Law Courts expansion planning
  • $13m Winspear expansion (previously announced)
  • MacEwan School of Business previously announced
  • $2.9B for Calgary and Edmonton LRT (3 years)
  • $556m for affordable housing over 3 years (includes Fed money)
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Is that LRT funding all for previously announced projects, LRT projects currently under way, or is there something new here?

That Stollery funding is sure seems meager, but I guess when you have a 5.2 billion deficit forecast for the upcoming year, some things may progress slowly if at all.
 
^I believe that's all previously announced. And note some of those funding numbers are over 3 years (2025-28 Capital Planning)
 
Greenspace said:
@BASE posted about it in the Municipal thread:
  • $17.2 million to increase grants made to municipalities in lieu of property taxes on government-owned property to 75%, up from the current 50%. By next year, the province will cover 100% of the amount that would be paid if the property was taxable.
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Oh shoot, I didn't see that in my struggle to understand the budget info. Fantastic news.
 
Greenspace said:
Budget 2025 - https://www.alberta.ca/budget-documents#25-26

Edmonton Capital Budget highlights:
  • $100m U of A Biological Sciences building replacement
  • $41m NAIT Advanced Skills
  • $4m Norquest expansion planning
  • $8m Campus St. Jean upgrades
  • $81m Norwood Health Centre
  • $1m Stollery planning
  • $106m Edmonton Downtown and Coliseum site improvements
  • $2m Law Courts expansion planning
  • $13m Winspear expansion (previously announced)
  • MacEwan School of Business previously announced
  • $2.9B for Calgary and Edmonton LRT (3 years)
  • $556m for affordable housing over 3 years (includes Fed money)
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The NAIT money was announced in 2024 (it was $43 million)

The Law Courts - $2 million announced in 2024

$20 million was announced for Stollery in 2024 - and this year $1million?

UofA Hospital in 2024 was given $58 million over 3 years for brain centre and neurosciences intensive care unit - has construction started? It's a $200M+ project 2024-2029 https://majorprojects.alberta.ca/de...entre-Neurosciences-Intensive-Care-Unit/10535
 
TAS said:
The NAIT money was announced in 2024 (it was $43 million)

The Law Courts - $2 million announced in 2024

$20 million was announced for Stollery in 2024 - and this year $1million?

UofA Hospital in 2024 was given $58 million over 3 years for brain centre and neurosciences intensive care unit - has construction started? It's a $200M+ project 2024-2029 https://majorprojects.alberta.ca/de...entre-Neurosciences-Intensive-Care-Unit/10535
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Pretty sure it has….crane has been there for a few years now - PCL
 
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erudyk_29 said:
It cannot be understated how badly this is needed. Bio Sci is a complete disaster.

There should be more given for the stollery though. 1m$ for planning is not going to get all that far.
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Replacement or Reno? Can they build a new Bio building for $100M? Wouldn’t think so
 
MacLac said:
Replacement or Reno? Can they build a new Bio building for $100M? Wouldn’t think so
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Probably a reno, but I would think a semi-major one. The building is literally falling apart, it needs a reno badly. Obviously a replacement would be preferable, but I wouldn't have even expected money for just a rework from the UCP.
 
erudyk_29 said:
It cannot be understated how badly this is needed. Bio Sci is a complete disaster.

There should be more given for the stollery though. 1m$ for planning is not going to get all that far.
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Stollery should have been built by now with all the money spent on planning. Dialog was heavily into it for quite a few years.

BioScience was long overdue. 20 years ago I did renos on it and it was pretty ugly.

100 million is definitely a reno. 250+ for a new building. I thought Delnor was doing the renos already.

Norwood health centre. There is a Primary care in the area. IanO and I both worked on it.
 
Yeah was wondering about that.....seems that every medical building north of 112 Ave is called "Norwood" something. Is it already built?
 
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