FORT MCKAY NEW TOWN

planningAlliance and rePlan were jointly commissioned by a consortium comprising the Fort McKay First Nation and a major private land developer to prepare conceptual land use plans and servicing and transportation layouts for a new community of up to 25,000 people along the Athabasca River, an hour north of Fort McMurray, the regional capital of Wood Buffalo, Alberta.

The intent is to provide long-term housing – comprising a variety of designs and tenures – and a full range of commercial, social and recreational facilities for the growing local oil-worker population. In turn, the development of the new town site will provide employment and increased social and economic opportunities for the local First Nation community.

FORT MCKAY FIRST NATION
FORT MCKAY, ALBERTA
2007-2008
12,140 ha