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Originally Posted by Luisito
Changing the topic a bit, how long do you guys think it will take for the the entire area within the perimeter to be urbanized. SImilar to the way Edmonton is in the Anthony Henday Drive highway? The biggest pockets are the South West section and the North west area. The eastern portion has empty pockets too but seems to be slowly buidling up.
It would be interesting to compare the size of the area within the perimtere highway with Edmonton.
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It’s not a 1:1 comparison because of a few reasons:
First the city of Edmonton borders Anthony Henday, whereas the city of Winnipeg is beyond some portions of the Perimeter, and within other portions (not city boundary so it would fall on the RM to develop in there)
Second, Anthony henday is smaller than the Perimeter at about 78km versus the Perimeter Highways 90km, so there is more area within to need to be developed on. Perimeter highway is closer in length to the (future) completed Stoney Trail in Calgary (99km when done). In the SW, much of that land is protected so outside of building the SW portion, nothing else will be developed - meanwhile the north and south are experiencing development outside of Stoney trail. This is important to mention because it would mean a lot more land would need to developed on to fill up to perimeter. Most likely, will have development out side where city owns the land.
Third, I’m certain that some of that land is owned by farmers as well who would need to be on board with selling
Fourth, Centre port has land dibs on the NW portion, so that will fill out with time with their development. That will take decades to fill out and presumes continuous growth. It’s a massive area, appx 2/3 the size of Regina; hence will take decades. Will be industrial parks similar to what is currently in the region by the centre port canada way freeway
The biggest reason though is land ownership imo, as that prevents the development in the first place. Bar annexation of said land to allow for/intent for development, That urbanization May never happen in certain regions