The concrete in the bowl at Southwood Skatepark was poured incorrectly and needs to be removed. This is being done by the contractor (PCL) at no extra cost to the city or taxpayers.
The designer/consultant (Van Der Zalm & Associates) is ensuring these new parks are built to specification and any deviations are unacceptable.
As always, check back here as well as our Facebook and Instagram pages for updates on Southwood and Huntington Hills parks.
Dwayne Mazereeuw and his family.
With the extraordinarily long construction season of 2015, PCL has been able to work on Southwood Skatepark for longer than anticipated. Here are some photos from our recent visit to the site. City officials have planned for a December completion for both Southwood and Huntington Hills skateparks.
There’s only one week left to complete the ramp bylaw survey.
This is your chance to let the city know why it’s important to be able to have ramps on private property. Calgary is the only city in Canada that has a bylaw like prohibiting ramps so click the image below to get to the two-minute survey:
City staff have been installing gates at Millennium Park for the past few weeks. You may recall the outreach/engagement the city did two seasons ago to decide whether or not to revert Millennium Park back to “open 24 hours”. Some officials were pushing for the park to close at 11PM nightly (as all other city parks do) in the interest of safety.
CASE members lobbied successfully for the park to return to open 24 hours but as a trade off, the city decided to install gates to block off all of the covered/hidden areas at the park. Read more in Metro News by clicking the photo below:
The City of Calgary is currently in the process of examining the bylaw that prohibits ramps and other skateable surfaces on private property. This includes halfpipes/mini ramps, rails, quarter pipes, launch ramps, and grind boxes.
After CASE representatives contacted all major cities in Canada to find no other city has such a bylaw, they reached out to Councillor Evan Woolley. The Councillor brought forward a Notice of Motion to examine the ramp bylaw, which was passed a few months ago.
Read this to learn more about the proposed size restrictions to ramps.
If you really want to help change this bylaw, please attend the information sessions listed below and complete the online survey (available until November 30th).
