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City Awards Work for Transit Villages and Brownfield Strategy as part of Growth Plan Implementation

For immediate release: August 29, 2017 - 7:31 am
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Yesterday, City Council awarded two important contracts that will oversee the design of transit villages and development of a Brownfield Renewal Strategy.

“As a community, we have the opportunity to ensure that Saskatoon is able to address the challenges we face and to create a city that responds to the needs of our citizens. By investing in doing this work correctly, we are able to build a city with strong transit options, with neighbourhoods that are connected, and that can respond to our rapidly changing world. At this crucial time in our city’s history, the Bus Rapid Transit system is fundamentally important to achieving this and to being the city that gets it right.” – His Worship Charlie Clark, Mayor, City of Saskatoon

 At its August 28 meeting, City Council approved the award of two contracts:

  • Architectural firm, Dialog, to create concept designs for future Transit Villages at key station locations along the city’s future Bus Rapid Transit Red Line, and
  • Environmental assessment agency, Dillon Consulting to develop a strategy to address environmental concerns along major transportation corridors through the creation of a Brownfield Renewal Strategy.

Both companies were the highest scoring firms in their respective competitive processes.  Each competition received five submissions from proponents representing industry-leading Canadian and International firms.  All of the proponents have offices in Western Canada; the majority have offices in Saskatoon.

These firms round out the award-winning team currently implementing the City’s Growth Plan, which includes engineering design firm HDR Inc., and engagement planning firm O2 Planning + Design.

For more information about the City’s plans for growth, visit Saskatoon.ca/growth.

Saskatoon’s growth initiatives are shaping the future of our city and community.  These plans are working together to guide how Saskatoon will grow in the decades ahead, and advance the City’s Strategic Goals of sustainable growth, quality of life, environmental leadership, and moving around.