City of Edmonton offers incentives to encourage transit-oriented development
The proposed Infill Infrastructure Program would incentivize building residential units along priority growth areas identified by the city.
Edmonton city council deliberated on strategies to promote the construction of housing developments near mass transit hubs during a recent meeting. The administration has introduced the Infill Infrastructure Program at the Urban Planning Committee's Tuesday session. The initiative aims to encourage the construction of residential units in areas designated as growth priority zones by the city, particularly those near LRT stations and transit centers.
Committee Chair Anne Stevenson expressed optimism about the potential impact of the incentives, stating that they could lead to increased transit-oriented development in the future. "We have trains that are running, we have buses that are running," Stevenson noted. "By putting more people on those lines, we get higher ridership, we have more people using that infrastructure that we've already invested in."
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