{"id":713649,"date":"2026-06-04T03:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T03:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/713649\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T03:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T03:17:19","slug":"iqaluit-wants-to-develop-7-hectares-along-road-to-apex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/713649\/","title":{"rendered":"Iqaluit wants to develop 7 hectares along road to Apex"},"content":{"rendered":"

The City of Iqaluit is seeking to develop seven hectares of land alongside Niaqunngusiariaq Rd., known as \u201cArea F,\u201d for institutional use next year.<\/p>\n

On May 28, the municipality announced its land use plans, which will \u201caddress different long-term needs related to housing, municipal services, transportation, institutional development, and future community expansion.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an email to Nunatsiaq News, city communications manager Geoff Byrne said Area F was chosen for institutional use for multiple reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile proximity to infrastructure such as utilidors is certainly a consideration, it is only one of several factors,\u201d Byrne said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlanners also evaluate how new areas integrate with surrounding land uses, the overall structure of the community, and the City\u2019s long-term land needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

At a Feb. 17 planning and development committee meeting, Iqaluit councillors reviewed a summary of the Long-Range Report, which identified possible areas for development. It stated that Area F could host \u201clarge institutional projects such as the [Nunavut Inuit] Heritage Centre and new government facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the report, construction is scheduled to begin in 2027. The report also says development plans for Area F have been in place since 2003, shortly after the completion of the Arctic Winter Games Arena.<\/p>\n

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Other areas slated for construction in 2027 include the Tundra Ridge expansion of 50 new residential units, plans for which began last year.<\/p>\n

In an area around where the Aqsarniit Hotel sits, there is development planned for 2027 to make room for 500 residential units and five hectares of industrial and commercial space.<\/p>\n

Also in 2027, the city plans to start moving the quarry, which is next to the airport runway, to a \u201csafer, more distant location,\u201d according to the Long-Range Report. The city also plans to set aside 35 hectares in the zone for future airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Iqaluit is seeking to develop seven hectares of land alongside Niaqunngusiariaq Rd., known as \u201cArea…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-713649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}