Development Plan leaves lots of unanswered questions

This figure shows the development plan and the direction of development for the Waverley West area.

The red arrows show the direction of development for the northern part of the area. This development is to be done by the Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation - the NDP government's development corporation.

The blue arrows show the direction of development for the southern part of the area. This development is to be done by Ladco.

Questions which are not fully answered are:
1) What is the time line for development in each area? At the meeting, it was suggested that the first red arrow and the first blue arrow may come within the next five years, but little more detail was provided. Indeed this timing plan raises a major issue. With these two arrows first, it appears there is no immediate commitment to construct the extension of Kenaston Boulevard as shown on the map. The result will be a huge problem in terms of increasing traffic load on existing streets. In particular this would mean continued extensive increase in truck and car traffic on Waverley Street, when Waverley Street between the perimeter and Bishop Grandin Boulevard is already a major traffic problem.

2) What is the provincial government going to do with respect to the intersection of Kenaston Boulevard and the Perimeter Highway. This is clearly to be a high traffic intersection. It would appear, given the high traffic expected, advisable to have an overpass, but the rumour has it that the province will put in traffic lights instead of an overpass.

3) What are the expected traffic flows - numbers of vehicles, types of vehicles, etc. - so we can understand the impact of the development on traffic flows on adjacent streets and highways? The province should have provided its own data on this.

4) Will there be a high school in the area? This was a major issue in the recent Fort Whyte by-election. The question remains unanswered.

5) What will be the situation with transit and rapid transit? There are currently major problems with transit access in significant parts of the Fort Whyte constituency.

6) Where will the hydro corridors be located?

7) What are the plans for drainage in the area, given the major problems with water on parts of this land this last summer?