SRD Land Development Cancelled

[farmers_son]

See:
http://alberta.ca/acn/201110/313971DC338AA-F1A4-394E-BAFBA6CCBB2D229F.html

Request for Proposals for agricultural development cancelled

Edmonton... A Request for Proposals is cancelled that would have sold 16,000 acres in southern Alberta for irrigated agricultural development.

Government cancelled the RFP after people expressed concerns that there was no public input into using a Request for Proposals and that there might be an impact on water and on the ranching community. Public consultation and water use and availability are priorities for this government.
The land is in Cypress County and is all under grazing lease or grazing permit. The Request for Proposal was issued in August 2011.

[ASRG]

Redford promised........Redford delivered! Good for Alison.

[per]

I sent off a thank you good start letter to Minister Oberle. It is nice to see a promise kept.

[ag-boy]

thank you new Premier ! you kept your promise ,and also split up this large blok off land into smaller parcels as you mention in your campaine speech.
this large Ypma outfit was trying to make a fast unknow deal ,
there are more good small operators in the area interested and make a living of this nice chunk of land ,possible to irrigate,
at the moment this land is costing taxpayer money every and is waste land

[per]

Just a curiosity question. How is this land costing SRD money? I agree with you on the if is to be sold it should be let out in bite sized chunks.

[ag-boy]

yes costing us money every day upkeep roads ,fenses lake enviroment upkeep etc ,
very little return profit on grazing,and heard now he was promised to irrigation water,
and bought the bridge to enter , what is going there in that part off south alberta we doint know off !!!!