Province extends feedback on Bow River reservoir proposal facing pushback
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Provincial public engagement on two upstream reservoir proposals on the Bow River west of Calgary has been extended until May 13.
As the Government of Alberta gathers feedback on two upstream reservoir proposals on the Bow River, opposition around one of the options continues to grow.
The Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation held an update Wednesday to discuss its ongoing dialogue with the provincial government over its concerns around impacts to the area.
“It would completely destroy the brand-new Haskayne Legacy Park that opened not even a year ago,” said Jeromy Farkas, former Calgary city councillor and mayoral candidate, and current CEO of the Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation.
“It would also have an impact on about half of the 3,000 acres at Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park.”
The latest round of engagement on the site of the future upstream reservoir on April 15, which asks for feedback on two of the three potential options studied by the province.
The first option is the Glenbow East Dam, which would start in the western edge of Calgary, which would require the relocation of the current Canadian Pacific Kansas City Southern rail line and potentially the flooding of a wide array of park space.
The second option is decommissioning the existing Ghost Dam and relocating it further downstream.
A third option to create a dam near Morley on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation is also being studied, but a provincial spokesperson said the proposal “is not ready for public engagement at this time.”
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