Building Great Neighbourhoods - Hillview

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Hillview has been chosen for Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal. Planning and design is currently underway.

Community Feedback on Draft Design - February 2024

Thank you to everyone who engaged with the Project Team during the Community Feedback on Draft Design stage of Hillview Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal. The online survey closed on February 25, but you can still review the draft design.

Review the Draft Design

Design booklet
Design videos

The public engagement activities and participation are now summarized in the Engagement Summary .

A What We Heard Report summarizing your feedback will be available in the coming months.

Your feedback will be considered in the development of the final design for Hillview Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal. We will share the final design with you later in 2024 and ask for your input during the Community Feedback on Final Design stage of Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal.

We commit to considering feedback to refine the draft design to reflect the Vision and Guiding Principles for Hillview.

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Local Improvement Options

A Local Improvement is a construction project undertaken near or adjacent to residents’ properties which is considered more beneficial to the property owner and local area than to the City as a whole. These include upgrades to decorative street lights and sidewalks . The community must submit their choice of decorative lighting (colour, pole, arm, and/or luminaire) from the options attached to the City for consideration by May 1, 2024.

Decorative Street Blades

As part of the Hillview Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal, the community has the option to receive decorative street blades throughout the neighbourhood at no additional cost to property owners.

Hillview Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal

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About the Project

Neighbourhood Renewal rehabilitates residential roads, replaces street lights, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, and adds missing sidewalk links, where possible. Other opportunities to improve how people walk, bike, roll, drive and gather in the neighbourhood, and how they enjoy City-owned parks and open spaces are also explored.

Alley Renewal will be included as part of the Hillview neighbourhood reconstruction. Alley Renewal involves alley reconstruction and repaving, improvements to surface drainage where possible, and upgrading of existing alley lighting to LED fixtures. The community will also see work in the alley to locate underground utilities for design preparation, prior to construction.

A series of public events will be scheduled by the project team which will give residents the opportunity to build a project vision and guiding principles together and provide regular feedback on the different stages of the project including design.

Cost-sharing opportunities will be made available through the local improvement process for sidewalk reconstruction and decorative street light in the neighbourhood. Arterial and collector roads (Woodvale Road, 36A Avenue and 58 Street) are not included in the scope of work.

Please see this map for work planned as part of the Hillview Renewal.

Working Together to Make the Most out of Your Neighbourhood

The Building Great Neighbourhoods project team are genuinely interested guests, stepping into your neighbourhood like a visitor in your home. We want to learn and appreciate how you live and what you value in your community. Through public engagement, we will gain an understanding about what you need and value in your neighbourhood.

We seek to involve you in decision-making to shape the vision for engagement and neighbourhood improvements. Working together, we can make the most out of your neighbourhood.

How to Get Involved

We have created a road map to help you and your neighbours understand the steps of the renewal process and how you can participate. At each step we will tell you what the purpose is and how your input will inform the decisions being made. We commit to report back on how we used your input.

Concept Phase

The Concept phase is when we need to hear from you the most! We need your help to co-create a vision and guiding principles, explore opportunities, and explore options and tradeoffs. These are the most important pieces for your Neighbourhood Renewal and will be used to create a draft design to best meet your neighbourhood needs.

Design Phase

During the Design phase, we want your input on the refined designs for your neighbourhood. Your feedback will be incorporated into the final design, alongside technical requirements and City policies. These designs were created from the vision and guiding principles we co-created together. You shared your input, we incorporated your feedback, now we build!

Build Phase

During the Build phase, we want to hear your concerns about how construction may affect your private property.

Hillview NR scope of work map

Project Scope of Existing Roadways

Project History

Exploring Options and Tradeoffs - June 2023

Thank you to everyone who engaged with the Project Team during the Exploring Options and Tradeoffs stage of Hillview Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal. The online survey closed on June 23, but you can still review the design options.

The public engagement activities and participation are summarized in the Engagement Summary.

A What We Heard Report summarizing your feedback is now available.

The feedback gathered will be used to create a draft design for Hillview Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal. In early 2024, we will share the draft design with you and ask for your input as we move into the Community Feedback on Draft Design stage of Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal.

During this stage, we commit to use the priorities we heard during the engagement to inform the draft design for the project.

Exploring Opportunities - April 2023

Thank you to everyone who engaged with us during the Creating a Project Vision Together and Exploring Opportunities stages of Hillview Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal. The Project Team will be back in your neighbourhood in the spring to introduce the next stage of Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal.

What We Heard report
Engagement Summary

Project Update - May 2022

Planning is currently underway and the project team will be introducing the project to the neighbourhood in Fall 2022.

Contact Us

Emily McDonald

Title	Planning and Design Project Manager
Email	Emily.McDonald@edmonton.ca

Building Great Neighbourhoods

All additional inquiries or escalations can be directed to the Building Great Neighbourhoods team by calling 780-496-4055 or through 311.

Email	BuildingGreatNeighbourhoods@edmonton.ca