Karen Sorensen, former mayor of Banff and currently a senator, made the announcement at Banff Avenue Park on Tuesday afternoon.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
Karen Sorensen, senator for Alberta and former Banff mayor, announced $8 million in federal funding to start consultation on a Banff Avenue restoration project.Parks Canada senior vice-president of operations Andrew Campbell said the first step in the process will involve engagement and consultation with Indigenous communities in the region, followed by online engagement until June.
“Because we don’t have a lot of preconceived notions of exactly what will be here and what the redevelopment will look like, we are really not trying to push the envelope with time,” he said, adding it’s also hard to determine overall cost or budget given the early nature of the planning.Article content