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County-City Intermunicipal Development Plan (adopted July 2007)


Dark Pink- County Growth areas for the forseeable future - Springbrook - Airport and Gasoline Alley - Liberty Crossing.


Salmon - City Growth areas to be annexed within 10 years to provide for growth for 50-150 years.


Light Salmon - Areas already applied for annexation.


Green - no growth zone separating Gasoline Alley - Liberty Crossing and Springbrook - Airport.


Dotted line - extent of Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP)


 
Both the City of Red Deer and Red Deer County approved the new Intermunicipal Development Plan in July 2007 replacing the current one that initiated several disputes over the past couple of years.
 
The new plan ensures that each municipality has enough land for economic opportunities for residential, commercial and industrial growth for the foreseeable future.
 
Features of the plan include:
 
   - 40,000 acres for future city growth to the north, east and west of the current boundary, representing from 50 to 150 years of growth sufficient for a population of at least 300,000, all of which is to be annexed over the next 10 years;
 
   - defined county growth areas of Gasoline Alley/Liberty Crossing and Springbrook/airport. Gasoline Alley/Liberty Crossing would be permitted a maximum population of 8,000 and one office building of 12 storeys with three other buildings of eight storeys or less. Springbrook would be limited to a maximum size including industrial expansion at the airport;
 
   - a no-growth open space semi-agricultural buffer zone would be maintained between Gasoline Alley - Liberty Crossing and Springbrook;
 
   - the expansion of linear parks along the Red Deer and Blindman Rivers and Waskasoo and Piper Creeks in both municipalities;
 
- an annual review process;
 
- dispute resolution process and co-operative development.

Major Area Structure Plan Biggest Ever in Alberta

The city of Red Deer and Red Deer County are embarking on a major area structure plan involving 100,000 acres around the city that includes 40,000 acres that the city plans on annexing over the next 10 years (the area on the map outlined in green).
 
It also includes a fringe area outside the Intermunicipal Development Plan (the area outlined in light green).
 
Springbrook, Gasoline Alley - Liberty Crossing, county industrial areas south of the city and the no-growth zone are not included in the plan but will be included in the Springbrook Gasoline Alley Major Area Structure Plan.
 
This is the largest such plan ever initiated by either municipality and is one of the largest ever conducted in Canada.
 

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