Building Great Neighbourhoods - Dunluce

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Dunluce has been chosen for Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2025.

Construction update - June 2025

It’s the first year of Dunluce Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal and we are scheduled to start in July 2025. This year, the majority of construction will take place in the back alleys. Please view this scope map to see the 2025 construction areas.

The City of Edmonton and EPCOR are also working together to construct Low Impact Development (LID), which will help with stormwater retention and help mitigate flooding.

Check out the links below to prepare for construction:

What to expect during alley construction
View the final design for the neighbourhood

For those living in the construction area, please watch your mailbox for construction bulletins from the City and the contractor. The City bulletin includes details on scope of work, what to expect during construction and landscaping and access impacts. The contractor bulletin will outline dates around alley closures.

While your alley is under construction it will be fully closed for approximately four weeks to facilitate the work (weather dependent). Access will not be permitted within the alley during this time. Emergency access will be maintained.

All residents and business owners are asked to access their homes and businesses through the front entrances and park vehicles on nearby streets or avenues during the alley closure.

There are no designated parking stalls permitted on the front street. If you have special access requirements, such as (DATS), please contact the Project Manager to coordinate access.

Construction in Dunluce is scheduled to begin in summer 2025 and is expected to take five years (planned completion 2029).

We commit to using your feedback to inform communication during construction.

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

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 Dunluce 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 upgrades in the neighbourhood. Arterial roads are not included in the scope of work.

Local Improvements

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.

Project History

Community Feedback on Final Design - November 2024

Thank you to everyone who engaged with the Project Team during the Community Feedback on Final Design stage of Dunluce Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal. The online survey closed on November 30, but you can still review the final design.

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.

We will be reaching out to you again in spring 2025 as we enter the Preparing for Construction stage of Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal.

Project update - August 2024

The Project Team continues to work toward the final design for Dunluce Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal. Using City Policies and technical requirements, while considering public engagement feedback, the Project Team is committed to creating a design to bring infrastructure improvements to Dunluce for the next 30 to 50 years.

While the Community Feedback on Draft Design stage of public engagement ended in 2023, you can still review the materials the Project Team presented at that time:

Draft design options (30MB)

Design videos:

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

The Project Team will reach out again later in 2024 with an update on the final design.

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Community Feedback on Draft Design - December 2023

Thank you to everyone who engaged with the Project Team during the Community Feedback on Draft Design stage of Dunluce Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal. The online survey closed on November 30, but you can still review the draft design and videos.

Draft design options (30MB)

Design videos:

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

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Your feedback will be considered in the development of the final design for Dunluce Neighbourhood Renewal. We will share the final design with you by early 2025 and ask for your input during the Community Feedback on Final Design stage of Neighbourhood Renewal.

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

Exploring Options and Tradeoffs - May 2023

Thank you to everyone who engaged with us on the Exploring Options and Tradeoffs stage of the Dunluce project. The online survey closed on May 28, 2023 and we appreciate everyone who took the time to provide their feedback through the online presentation, the survey, emails and phone calls with the Project Team. We will use City Policy, technical analysis and your input to create a draft design to share with your community in the fall of 2023.

The Engagement Summary and What We Heard Report for this stage are available.

Options and Tradeoffs Design Booklet (28MB)

Building a Project Vision Together and Exploring Opportunities - December 2022

Thank you to everyone who engaged with us on the Building a Project Vision and Exploring Opportunities Stage of the project. The survey is now closed and we appreciate everyone who met with us at the workshops and drop-in events and took the time to provide their feedback.

The feedback gathered will be reviewed by the Project Team and considered for the draft design for the neighbourhood. In the Spring of 2023 we will be sharing Options and Tradeoffs with the public for consideration and feedback. Stay Connected! Please see the Scope Map for details.

The What We Heard Report is now available.

Exploring Opportunities to Shape your Neighbourhood

Starting the Conversation - August 2022

Planning is beginning and the project team wants to meet you and hear your thoughts on Dunluce Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal. Please see the Scope Map for details.

Exploring Opportunities to Shape Your Neighbourhood

Screengrab of Dunluce Project Scope of Existing Roadways

Project Scope of Existing Roadways

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Contact Us

Stephen Au (Front Streets)

Title	Project Manager
Email	stephen.au@edmonton.ca

Dalpreet Virdi (Alley Construction)

Title	Project Manager
Email	dalpreet.virdi@edmonton.ca