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Construction set to take flight at Blatchford next summer

After installing more than eight kilometres of water, drainage and thermal heating pipeline under Blatchford this year, the city expects housing construction to begin by summer.

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City of Edmonton updates progress of Blatchford after one year of on-site construction.

After installing more than eight kilometres of water, drainage and thermal heating pipeline under Blatchfordthis year, the city expects housing construction to begin by summer.

The installationcompletesthe first year of a 20-year project aimed at housing 30,000 people in what the city billsalow-carbon sustainable community.

Withthe builder selection process endingnext week, developmentmanager Mark Hall says "the city is making exactly the kind of progressit was intending to do."

Watch the video edited by digital producer Trevor Wilsonfor the latest update.