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Originally Posted by cllew
Going to come to a point in time where the developers may want to build but the utilities will say no way.
Manitoba Hydro is getting saturated downtown, the King St station is at capacity in the summer (station runs hot in summer so transformers are less efficient than in winter). Edmonton is nearing firm capacity and York St. just put in the the last bay a few years ahead of predictions.
King St will get some relief when the new station at HSC comes on line but that's still a few years away. There is a report on the Hydro Website that talks about the problems in the coming years with reliability of the existing system due to its age.
And that's just Hydro, do the 100 year old sewer and water lines have the capacity to handle high rise builidngs and the volumes they require coming in and going out.
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Very good point. I think if Hydro or water and waste knew they had firm income from these big developments, it would make things a little easier. Not as much risk to make the investment, knowing you have a guarantee on the other end of the deal. The city and it's sewers are a whole other thing though.
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