Councillors endorse Saskatoon downtown planning roadmap [Video]

Saskatoon city councillors put their support behind a planning document that is expected to guide the next decade of development for the downtown core at its governance and priorities committee Wednesday.

The City Centre and District Plan is replacing a 2013 document which administration says is needed in order to update the strategy following the detailed efforts and planning of the new downtown event and entertainment district.

“A key feature of the plan is the integration of the downtown events and entertainment district into the broader city centre planning framework,” Ian Williamson, a senior project planner with the city, said.

“This plan reflects the progress made over the past decade while addressing the need for a modern approach driven by some of the transformation projects outlined in the plan.”

The new plan for downtown is meant to link the three eventual anchors of Saskatoon’s downtown — the arena, the convention …