a short thread!
The Calgary International Airport YYC is expanding and adding a new runway, a new international terminal, another hotel, a new control tower, and parking. In conjunction with this work, the City of Calgary has built a tunnel under the new runway for access from the northeast part of the city.
YYC hotel under construction by
LUMIN8, on Flickr
YYC cranes by
LUMIN8, on Flickr
Adding glass to part of the new terminal building.
airport expansion by
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hotel at airport by
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directly north of the airport, there is construction everywhere - here a Hilton, a Hampton and a something else...
3 hotels being built north of the airport by
LUMIN8, on Flickr
Calgary has become a hub for western Canada for warehousing, distribution, logistics
millions of square feet of space under construction by
LUMIN8, on Flickr
distribution/warehouse near the airport by
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Balzac is a former hamlet north of Calgary in the Municipal District of Rockyview. It is strategically situated just north of YYC at the junction of the new Stoney Trail north bypass and the QE2 highway to Edmonton.
There is a large outlet mall which opened a couple of years ago that has been very successful and Walmart and Target have built huge distribution centres here. The whole area is rapidly becoming a hot area for commercial real estate, but not for housing. The City of Calgary refuses to provide water and sewage treatment to what is essentially a parasitical growth on the unicity. One of Canada's fastest growing cities, Airdrie, is directly north of Balzac on the QE2. They don't provide Balzac with water and sewage either as they are tied into the Calgary system. Cross Iron Mills mall (BassPro and adjacent Costco and Lowes) gets its water from the Red Deer river via a pipeline.
westbound by
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The Bow is barely visible on the left. I was probably about 20-25 kms away from downtown.
inversion by
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water vapour hits the cold air at the Balzac (natural) gas plant
Balzac winter sky by
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Balzac is hot by
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