Monday, March 14, 2016 / by Gary Kirkham
Sherwood Park Expansion
The debate is coming to the end soon over the proposed expansion in Strathcona County.Colchester vs Bremner.There are pluses to both locations.Colchester in my opinion would have a much nicer appeal to offering a country feel with good access to Sherwood Park being located south of the Park.Bremmer would accommodate a higher population (54,000 vs 38,000) and offer more jobs(98,000 vs 65000).The City of Edmonton has voiced their opinion favoring Bremmer over Colchester.It would also stop Fort Saskatchewan from attempting their annexation attempts.The wind prevails from West to East and pollution and odors would impact Bremmer more negatively.Again if I was boss of the world I would choose Colchester over Bremmer because if development is inevitalble Colchester would offer a more country feel and be great for families.So the debate continues.Council will be revisiting this issue again on March 22nd 2016.