Tree Removals

The southern perimeter of Valley Ridge lies along the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH), immediately west of Stoney Trail and adjacent to the western boundary of Calgary's city limits. Both Stoney Trail and the TCH south of Valley Ridge lie within Alberta Transportation's (AT's) Transportation Utility Corridor (TUC). The Gov't of Alberta first established TUC's in the 1970's "to facilitate the development of the cities of Calgary and Edmonton. The lands within TUC's were designated for ring roads, major utilities, and linear municipal utilities. ...by accommodating within the TUC's the development of ring roads, storm water management facilities, major pipelines and power lines, and municipal services".

Alberta Transportation issued a Construction Advisory in late afternoon of Thursday, August 29. Commencing the week of September 3, AT plans on removing many / some of the dozens of poplar trees in the Transportation Utility Corridor (TUC) bordering the rear property line of homes on Valley Meadow Garden & Valley Brook Circle NW backing on to the Trans Canada Highway. In addition, numerous poplar trees situated just west of Valley Ridge Boulevard, south of Valley Ridge Drive, adjacent to the Valley Ridge Heights condominiums will also be removed. The GoogleEarth image below shows both groupings of poplar trees outlined in a white line, and is consistent with AT's construction advisory shown below this image.