According to city officials, the new steel pipe for the second stage will be arriving in the next week.
NEW: In the wake of recent reports over an RCMP investigation involving former elected officials at Calgary city hall, Mayor Jeromy Farkas says he and council are working on a motion to establish a municipal lobbyist registry and “other accountability measures.”
NEW: The Government of Alberta has selected the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy to do an independent analysis of the potential economic impacts of separation.
An expert advisory panel has also been appointed:
Jack Mintz
Ted Morton
Adam Legge
Alex Pourbaix
Janice MacKinnon
NEW: City of Calgary is reopening the downtown office conversion program to applications for $25M in available funding.
City release says the program has converted 2.7M square feet of office space across 21 buildings, generating $14M in estimated property tax uplift.
Bearspaw South Feeder Main replacement project on schedule, City of Calgary says
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Calgary seeking nearly $1 billion from Ottawa for infrastructure, transit
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RCMP investigating Calgary city hall corruption allegations, court documents reveal
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Mounties are investigating allegations money was offered in exchange for a council vote at Calgary city hall last summer, according to court documents obtained by Global News.
None of the allegations have been proven in court and no charges laid.
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NEW: City of Calgary says construction on the first phase of the Bearspaw feeder main replacement project has reached the halfway point. Project is supposed to be complete by December.
City of Calgary officials are recommending council ask the federal government to fund half of the Bearspaw feeder main replacement project.
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Calgary mayor Jeromy Farkas plans to introduce a motion to establish a municipal lobbyist registry in response to the RCMP investigation.
The city of Calgary says installation of a new steel pipe to replace the existing South Bearspaw Feeder Main is on schedule to be completed by the end of the year.
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Thompson currently serves as the City of Calgary's general manager of infrastructure services, and is expected to take on the water utility COO role for the next 18 months.
