Southeast Calgary residents feel lied to after changes to city residential proposal – Calgary [Video]

Residents in the southeast Calgary community of Riverbend are pushing back after a change to a city proposal that would make way for more housing near a future Green Line LRT station.

It’s a proposal that city council will be asked to give final approval on next week.

The city’s proposal would see close to 15 acres of vacant city-owned land on the east end of the neighbourhood rezoned to make way for several two and three storey townhomes and four to six storey multi-residential buildings.

The proposal would allow for the construction of up to 600 units and would be home to an estimated 1,100 people within walking distance of the future South Hill Green Line station.

However, the city is looking to connect Riverstone Road S.E. to the proposed redevelopment to allow for transit buses to connect with the future LRT stop.

Residents on the street provided their …