The Ambleside Integrated Site - Phase 1 Project will build a City of Edmonton operations service site in southwest Edmonton.
About the Project
Southwest Edmonton continues to grow and an additional City of Edmonton (City) operations service site is needed in the area to support service delivery to meet current and future needs. The Ambleside Integrated Site - Phase 1 Project will be an 11.70-hectare operations service site, located at 14320 Ellerslie Road SW.
Phase 1 of the Ambleside Integrated Site will support the City’s Parks and Roads Services and Fleet and Facility Services branches. It will house operations, maintenance, administrative and staff support facilities, as well as an operations yard with bulk storage, fleet vehicle parking and a sand and salt storage facility.
Phase 1 has been designed as a large, open space with all permanent infrastructure located along the perimeter. This design allows for the site’s temporary infrastructure to shift around the site as user groups and their requirements change.
Aligning with certain elements of the City’s Sustainable Building Policy (C627), Phase 1 is expected to achieve a minimum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification. The main site building will have solar photovoltaic panels on its roof.
Once complete, snow clearing, road maintenance, parks maintenance, facility repairs and other general services will take place from the site. Southwest Edmonton residents can expect an improvement in service levels and response times once City crews begin operations from the Ambleside Integrated Site. This location change is expected to result in a yearly productivity gain of 14,000 hours.
The two-phase Ambleside Integrated Site: Integrated Program and Master Plan (16.31 MB) guides the planning, design and delivery of the Ambleside Integrated Site - Phase 1 Project. Phase 2 of the Master Plan is currently unfunded.
Project Timeline
2027:
Spring
- Phase 1 of the Ambleside Integrated Site is anticipated to begin operations
2026:
Fall
- Construction of Phase 1 of the Ambleside Integrated Site is anticipated to be completed
2024:
Summer
- Construction begins
- Project Validation Phase is complete
2023:
- Planning and design of Phase 1 of the Ambleside Integrated Site started
2022:
- The Ambleside Integrated Site - Phase 1 Project was approved in the 2023-2026 Capital Budget
2021:
- As part of the Fall 2021 Supplemental Capital Budget Adjustment, City Council approved the Ambleside Integrated Site capital project
2020:
- The Ambleside Integrated Site Schematic Design Report was finalized
2018:
- The revised Ambleside Integrated Site Master Plan was finalized
- In the 2019-2022 Capital Budget, City Council approved funding to revise the Ambleside Integrated Site Master Plan to bring the plan to the Schematic Design Phase as an integrated City operations site with a fuel station
2016:
- The Ambleside Integrated Site Master Plan was created
2015:
- In the 2015-2018 Capital Budget, City Council approved a capital project for the construction of a Parks Operations office and yard in southwest Edmonton