Folks, this week we came a long way; The Green Line committee has made a great stride towards meaningful progression. Not only have we made a step towards restoring credibility and confidence in this project, we have done it in a way that keeps to our budget constraints and keeps our promise to Calgarians of […]
It should come as no surprise that the Green Line LRT was a main focal point of my re-election campaign. During this campaign I have taken the time to reflect on how far we’ve come, where I feel we’ve come up short and where we go from here. My conversations with Ward 12 residents has […]
No matter where you live sitting in congested traffic is frustrating. But how exactly do we stack up to other major cities around the world? Earlier this week INRIX released the 2016 Global Traffic Scorecard that tells a rather interesting story. The study took a comprehensive look at 1,064 cities in 38 countries. According to the […]
Last month The City unveiled the results from the 2016 Civic Census. Let’s take a look at some of the results and some of the highlights for Ward 12 Calgary’s population is 1,235,171 which is an increase of 4,256 from 2015 (an increase of 0.36%) These are similar growth rates to what Calgary experienced in 2010 […]
It’s no secret that secondary suites are one of the most contentious issues at City Hall. Every month dozens of Calgarians come before Council to state their case on why they should be granted approval for a secondary suite. Every month Council moans about our current process and dream about what a different process might […]
Residential traffic safety is hugely important to Calgarians. Every month my office receives numerous phone calls from residents expressing concerns about the residential streets in their communities. I believe that Calgarians have a right to feel safe on their residential streets. Appropriate speed, appropriate signage, better pedestrian, cyclist and motorist infrastructure and user attentiveness are […]
I first ran for Council in 2010. What motivated me to run? I continually heard from folks in southeast Calgary that they were being short-changed. While public investments were being made in other areas of Calgary, residents in southeast Calgary will being continually told they had to wait. Ward 12 residents were hungry to see […]
It is hard to imagine a piece of infrastructure that impacts Calgarians more than Deerfoot Trail. The City of Calgary and Alberta Transportation are currently taking forward a comprehensive study to explore what improvements are needed on Deerfoot to better serve motorists. A study of this scope hasn’t been done in 20 years, and Calgarians […]
On May 30, 2016 Council approved the green bin composting program. The program will begin at the end of 2017 for single-family homes who have blue and black cart service. Calgarians will pay a monthly charge of $6.50. You can see a full copy of the report that came to Council HERE. The City is […]
This past week has been one of the busiest at City Hall in quite some time. There were a number of very big stories that have a large impact on Calgarians. Let’s have a quick review of the week: Green Line Digs In On Monday the Green Line team unveiled the early findings from their […]