Politics and Planning
The idea of uniting the parks of the river valley into one parks system dates back to at least the 1970s. In 1974, Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed announced the creation of the Capital City Recreation Park, consisting of a 14.5-kilometre (9.0 mi) stretch of parks from the Legislature grounds east to the Beverly Bridge at an estimated cost of $30-35 million.
The River Valley Alliance is a grouping of municipal governments in the Edmonton region that have committed to expanding the River Valley Parks System outside of Edmonton's city limits. The plan calls for a 18,000-acre (73 km2) zone to be called the Capital Region Valley Park stretched over 88 kilometres running from Devon to Fort Saskatchewan.
In January 2008, the City of Edmonton paid a record C$7 million to buy a parcel of land to fill in a gap in the otherwise continuous chain of parks. The city further promised to spend C$20 million of pedestrian bridges and trails, but said that the as yet unnamed park would be left in an undeveloped state.
Read more about this topic: North Saskatchewan River Valley Parks System
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