City eases servicing policies to help spur development
Official say city council’s vote to repeal a servicing policy will result in decreased costs and increased flexibility for developers in Red Deer.
Stemming from administration’s Leading Forward report brought to council in April, the city says changes to infrastructure servicing policies and charges will reduce costs for developers completing upgrades or new development in existing areas. These changes connect directly to The City’s Strategic Plan objectives to incentivize local economic development in our community.
“We are glad to be able to make this change that will not only afford cost-savings for our development community, but will give them more flexibility in scheduling services,” said Mayor Tara Veer. “We expect this will not only prove useful for existing developments, but will help to spur additional development activity in our community.”
The amendment will see an existing policy, which requires developers to hire The City to perform all service installations and repairs, repealed. Once this change takes place, developers will be able to determine who completes service installations, and when.