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Winston Heights–Mountview Residents,

The Winston Heights–Mountview Powerline Committee met with ENMAX yesterday to receive an update on the Central Calgary Transmission Line Replacement Project. We want to share the key points from that meeting with our community.

New Application Coming

ENMAX confirmed that they plan to submit a new application to the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) for the transmission line replacement. Because the AUC declined the first application, all route options are once again under consideration.

This means ENMAX is reviewing several potential routes, including:

• 16th Avenue
• The alley south of 16th Avenue
• 17th Avenue (overhead or underground)
• 18th, 19th, and 20th Avenues

The start and end points of the line—Substation 3 and Nose Creek Valley—remain fixed, but the route between them is open for evaluation.

Community Consultation Timeline

ENMAX emphasized that they are committed to improving their consultation process with all stakeholders, including our community. They outlined the following timeline:

• December 2025: Public sessions to gather general input
• Q1 2026: Consultations to present route concepts and gather feedback
• Q2 2026: Consultations to present the preferred route options that will be part of the new application

ENMAX aims to submit the second application to the AUC in June 2026. The AUC typically takes about 10 months to make a decision, so a final decision is likely in 2027.

Why This Matters to Our Community

Because the potential route area now extends as far north as 20th Avenue, this project could affect many parts of Winston Heights–Mountview. It’s imperative that everyone in our community is aware of the possible impacts and participates in the consultation process.

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Next Steps for the Committee

Once we know what route options ENMAX plans to include in their second application, the committee will decide whether to act as interveners again in the AUC process.
If we proceed, we will once again engage McLennan Ross LLP to represent our community’s interests.

At this point, thanks to a generous community donor who provided a top-up, we currently have $15,000 held in trust with McLennan Ross for future use related to this project.

Our committee will continue to stay engaged in this process and share updates as new information becomes available. We strongly encourage residents to participate in the upcoming consultations to ensure our community’s voice is heard.

If you have questions or would like to share your thoughts ahead of the consultations, please contact ENMAX at stakeholderrelations@enmax.com.

Thank you for your continued interest and involvement in this important project.

Warm regards,
Winston Heights–Mountview Powerline Committee

This month, I would like to introduce you to the inner workings of two of the WHMCA communications channels.  The paper newsletter is distributed to every community household at the beginning of each month by Canada Post.  However, our editorial deadline is the 9^th of the previous month which means some information will be more than three weeks old by the time you read it.  This can be too slow for fast-moving developments such as the ENMAX power line proposals.  To compensate for that, we also send e-newsletters once or twice per month to all WHMCA members by email.  If you wish to have timely community information please sign up for membership.  Household membership is only $20 per year and also allows you to volunteer, have free admission to seasonal events, vote at general meetings, and other benefits.

Following public engagement earlier this year, the City of Calgary will start work on upgrades to Munro Park in November.  These upgrades will be additive to the work done in 2017 and will include natural play areas and gardens, 120 new trees,  a community plaza, salvaged public art from Olympic Plaza, and a 3-on-3 basketball court.  The work is scheduled to take a year to complete.  Learn more.

Finally, the WHMCA Board of Directors is looking for additional board members and committee members.  The Board of Directors meets the first Tuesday of every month except August starting at 7 pm.  As a board member you can see all aspects of how the community association works and have a say in its direction.  Want to be more focussed instead?  The Communications and Facility & Operations committees need additional members to progress ongoing activities and larger projects.  If any of these roles are of interest to you please contact Alex Reed at president@winstonheights.ca or 587-582-5342.

Thanks,

Alex
Winston Heights-Mountview Community Association
Calgary, Alberta