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\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\nA new roadway connection further linking southwest Calgary to Tsuut\u2019ina Nation officially opened on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The new section opened to traffic at noon and completes the final segment of Tsuut\u2019ina Parkway by creating a direct link between Taza Park and the Westhills area.<\/p>\n
The opening marks the final piece of a 2013 agreement that helped make the Southwest Calgary Ring Road possible. Residents say the roadway will make travel easier between Calgary and the neighbouring Tsuut\u2019ina Nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always tell people that we\u2019re in Tsuut\u2019ina, your friendly neighbourhood reservation,\u201d said one Tsuut\u2019ina resident. \u201cWe\u2019re just five minutes away from Calgary. It\u2019s nice that we\u2019re getting closer a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n
A southwest Calgary resident told CityNews the connection has already improved accessibility in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re living in Signal Hill and it just made it way easier to get around,\u201d they said. \u201cSo I think it\u2019s a project that was long overdue, but it\u2019s now paying dividends.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the roadway is expected to help alleviate traffic congestion, Tsuut\u2019ina leaders say its significance extends beyond transportation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe this is a connector for people,\u201d said Zachary Manywounds, Xakujaa, or minor chief, with the Tsuut\u2019ina Nation. \u201cTsuut\u2019ina has had major causeways dividing us from our neighbours and now we have more entry points that connect us to Calgarians and Albertans.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taza Park, a development on Tsuut\u2019ina Nation near the Glenmore Reservoir and Grey Eagle Casino, is a partnership between the First Nation and a real estate developer that will see people be able to buy homes on the reserve through a leasehold ownership, where homeowners own their homes, but not the land that it sits on.<\/p>\n
President James Robertson said Taza Park\u2019s growth is already taking shape.<\/p>\n
\u201cTaza Park is about 470 acres of mixed-use development, primarily commercial, so you\u2019ve seen the announcement of the Walmart going up under construction beside us,\u201d Robertson said. \u201cWe have car dealerships across the road here. Future retailers are coming along Santana Parkway, grocery stores, restaurants, all things coming that we will be announcing in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
As Taza Park expands, the roadway is expected to serve as a key connection for future residents, businesses and visitors travelling between the development, southwest Calgary, and the rest of the city.<\/p>\n
Manywounds said the route could also help strengthen relationships between the Nation and its neighbours.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of southwest Calgary doesn\u2019t really know about Tsuut\u2019ina and hasn\u2019t for a long time,\u201d he said. \u201cI think this roadway is going to give them the opportunity to start seeing our people, our evolution and elements of our culture. So I think it\u2019s really going to reshape how Calgarians and Tsuut\u2019ina work together.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\tOfficials unveil the officially opening of the a stretch of Tsuut’ina Parkway in SW Calgary. (CityNews\/Rayn Rashid) <\/p>\n
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