Edmonton city council has decided against compensating businesses affected by west-end LRT construction.
Councillors at Tuesday’s meeting at city hall turned down the idea of providing payments of $2,500 to business owners along the route of the Valley Line West LRT on Stony Plain Road.
The business owners had recently told councillors such payments would not make a meaningful difference to their finances but would show support from the city.
Coun. Andrew Knack, whose Ward Nakota Isga encompasses much of the $2.6-billion construction project being built by Marigold Infrastructure Partners from downtown to Lewis Farms, had proposed the $250,000 grant program for businesses along the major west-end roadway and has previously proposed other such compensation programs.
He said he would support a citywide program but chose to narrow it to Stony Plain Road in this …