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October 25, 2010

2005 article predicts onset of NE transportation woes

This editorial piece appeared in the Calgary Herald on June 10, 2005.  It presages the recent developments concerning the so-called 96th Avenue Underpass, the recent sod-turning for a huge development in the Stoney Industrial zone, and the unhealthy competition between urban and rural municipalities to attract development -- and hence tax revenue.  The first elements of the crisis predicted to emerge in the piece are now in place.