10th, 11th and 12th Avenues South - Planning and Transportation Study

As part of the ongoing implementation of the Inner City Transportation System Management Strategy (ICTS), The City of Calgary has initiated the 10th, 11th, 12th Avenues South Planning & Transportation Study.

This study, as approved by City Council in June, 2000, addresses the conversion of 11th and 12th Avenues back to a two-way system and the feasibility of achieving a full through movement east/west at 14th Street and 10th Avenue SW. The study's recommendations are based on the overall planning merit of the conversion as it relates to issues of network mobility, local mobility and achieving important planning objectives.

Following up on the ICTS recommendations, The City began the 10th, 11th and 12th Planning & Transportation Study in June of 2003. Community stakeholders, businesses, BRZ's and city departments like Land Use Planning, Transportation Planning, Transit, EMS, Fire, Calgary Police Services, and others, were consulted, and a Working Group of volunteers and city staff was formed to study the area.

The Working Group met to review transportation alternatives for analysis, and provide feedback based on 3 main criteria: maintaining commuter mobility, improving local accessibility and improving the community environment. Representatives from the Beltline - Victoria and Connaught, and Sunalta, and the adjacent communities of Scarboro, Bankview, South Calgary, Hillhurst-Sunnyside, Mount Royal, Cliff Bungalow/Mission, Erlton, Ramsay, and the commuting communities of Inglewood, Bridgeland, as well as representatives from Ward 6 communities (Westgate, Coach Hill, etc), BOMA, local business representatives and other stakeholders were all vital participants in the study.

A Midtown Urban Design Study, conducted in January 2004, suplemented the 10, 11, 12 Study in its scoping project of the Midtown area (just south of the CPR tracks from 14th Street SW to the Elbow River). Transportation issues were addressed in the visioning study of the Midtown area, most of the solutions confirming the findings of the 10, 11, 12 Study. Click the link to the right to view the results of the Midtown Urban Design Study.

A working draft, entitled 10th, 11th and 12th Avenues South: Planning & Transportation Study, is now available by clicking the link to the right.

If you would like more information or would like to provide feedback on the Study please contact the public engagement consultant Diane Macdonald at (403) 225-1239 (email: diane@orgtransformation.com).