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Council has approved selling land to an affordable housing provider, despite community pushback. Plus, some restaurant owners will have to pay more for patios this year, and we have updates on infill and snow clearing. Here are the relevant links for this episode: Audience survey Taproot audience survey Update on infill Edmonton council votes to keep infill maximum at eight units Edmonton city councillor's motion to change infill cap from 8 units to 6 fails Update on snow clearing City to deploy private contractors at start of snow-clearing work after Tuesday's storm City 70 per cent through priority Edmonton roads as Phase 1 parking ban takes effect Affordable housing in Wedgewood Edmonton council to sell Wedgewood Heights surplus school site for housing project Council gives green light a 2nd time around for Wedgewood Park housing development in animated public hearing Patio fees Edmonton businesses contemplate future of patio season after seeing new hefty fee Peter Keith post on LinkedIn Northmark Materials funding Feb. 17 City Council meeting This episode is brought to you by Edmonton Opera . For more than 60 years, Edmonton Opera has shared a history with this city, through works that have filled our halls, shaped our stages, and continued to come alive for audiences long after the curtain fell. The 2026-27 season brings those works back to the Jubilee stage, inviting audiences to reconnec

This week, council got to ask questions about the proposed fall budget adjustment. Plus, we learn more about the city's plan to enforce speed limits, the "end" of construction season, and the Valley Line LRT turns two. Here are the relevant links for this episode: Budget Report: Operating Financial Update - Sept. 30, 2025 Report: Fall 2025 Supplemental Operating Budget Adjustment - 2023-2026 Operating Budget Report: Fall 2025 Supplemental Capital Budget Adjustment - 2023-2026 Capital Budget Keith Gerein: Despite another grim city budget, Edmonton may be closer to ending its financial funk Vision Zero Report: Municipal Traffic Safety Expansion Opportunities - Reinvesting to Address Critical Safety Concerns Speeding, traffic fatalities up as Edmonton navigates provincial photo radar restrictions: city report A better Detour for 102 Ave - YEG Bike Coalition Calgary's Pathway and Bikeway Projects (5A) Construction season Edmonton ends construction season as it eyes accelerated strategy for future projects News Release: <a href="https://cdn.mc-weblink.sg-mktg.com/weblink/MTc2NDA4MzYyOHw0X211SHJkcjEyTlN0T09ZdV9taEFXZ1d1YUJBcFdzV2JIZl9Xb0tzR2JFVklKczZZMXpzcFRidmdjRHpXU2p6V0VyTkdHZmo1T0lLOUdFamkwc2JkMVZaUTV1bHhiZTVzaHdEX29RQXVlTkc2RWphWUVNOXdWOVF4MjlzNmVCaVV6V0pKOWZhTWRPZmYwQlFHTGIxcjdkRlo4clNOZ2ZXTE9nRHNoYkoyQ1V1emNDaFFtVTlLeVkxRVY4NW9Od2lEcWUxYVRoRW14QXl5elQ5ZkM1clh4UWhmcnNBR3BtSDBpc2ZGTkxmcWkxLUJuSWdHRTZEVzgxU0VIMUtnQ1M5MFZGYmZnLUR3N3dyaGVMaWh3UlY2dVV1RzIzQU1pV2pmVThCRmR5UTEwbVEwZUVFWVc3eVpyaTFkejJrR01mRnJqNWdFRGt2Ul91azZaRDNZTm1OWkt1ZHEzZk1mRldSUHJUT2ZOS0Z0ZTV5QXM4eHN1LU81VkVGQzFUbnQtd