“Our government is absolutely committed to making this board and this region work.”

- Ray Danyluk, Minister of Municipal Affairs

The Alberta government has now officially established the Capital Region Board enabling the 25 area municipalities to develop a long-range plan to manage growth over the next 50 years.

• Long-range Capital Regional planning, cooperation gets underway - News release April 15, 2008
  
• Capital Region Board Regulation
  
• Transitional Regional Evaluation Framework 

The regional board consists of mayors and reeves from the 25 municipalities in the Alberta Capital Region. The Premier appointed Christopher Sheard to chair the board in the start-up period. The Government of Alberta will provide start-up funding to the board, and ongoing support and advice as required. 

The board’s immediate priority is to create a long-range plan on regional land use and infrastructure such as roads and transit.

More information

• Capital Region board chair to lead long-range planning - News release March 19, 2008
• About the region
• More about the Capital Region Plan
• Capital Region Board website 
• Working Together Report on the Capital Region Integrated Growth Management Plan, and supporting documents