Lakewood, Edmonton

Lakewood
Community
Lakewood
Location of Lakewood in Edmonton
Coordinates: 53°27′32″N 113°26′53″W / 53.459°N 113.448°W / 53.459; -113.448
Country  Canada
Province  Alberta
City Edmonton
Quadrant[1] NW
Ward[1] 11
Sector[2] Southeast
Area[3] Mill Woods
Government[4]
 • Administrative body Edmonton City Council
 • Councillor Kerry Diotte
Elevation 688 m (2,257 ft)

Lakewood is a community comprising three neighbourhoods within the west-central portion of Mill Woods in the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Neighbourhoods within the community include Kameyosek, Meyonohk and Tipaskan.[5]

The community is represented by the Lakewood Community League, established in 1978, which maintains a community hall located at Lakewood Road East and 31 Avenue.[6][7]

Lakewood Transit Centre

Lakewood Transit Centre
Platforms 12 bus bays[8]
Construction
Parking No
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Website Lakewood Transit Centre
History
Opened 1982[9]

The Lakewood Transit Centre, opened in 1982[9], is located at the South-West side of the neighborhood on Mill Woods Road and 28 avenue. There are no amenities available at this transit centre (no park & ride, drop off areas, washrooms, vending machines, etc...).[10]

Approximately $1.4 million in upgrades to the transit centre were completed in 2017 with $689 thousand in funding provided by the federal government and $344.5 thousand in funding provided by the provincial government.[9]

The following bus routes serve the transit centre:[11]

Destination Routes
Abbottsfield Transit Centre 8
Bonnie Doon 97
Century Park Transit Centre 74
Coliseum Transit Centre 8
Downtown 8, 15, 66, 70
East Knottwood 64
Eaux Claires Transit Centre 15
Kingsway/Royal Alex Transit Centre 8
Knottwood 362, 363
MacEwan 97
Millgate Transit Centre 6, 8, 15, 66, 97
Mill Woods Transit Centre 6, 8, 15, 59, 64, 65, 66, 70, 74, 97, 362, 363
NAIT 15, 97
South Edmonton Common 59, 74
Southgate Transit Centre 6, 74
Southwood 362, 363
West Knottwood 65
Whyte Ave 70

School special routes that arrive/depart from Lakewood Transit Centre include routes: 741, 767, 768, 793, 870, 872, 877, 882, 884, 893, 897, 898 and 924.[12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "City of Edmonton Wards & Standard Neighbourhoods" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 3, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Edmonton Developing and Planned Neighbourhoods, 2011" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  3. ↑ "City of Edmonton Plans in Effect" (PDF). City of Edmonton. November 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ "City Councillors". City of Edmonton. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Kameyosek Neighbourhood Profile" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
  6. ↑ "Lakewood Community League". Lakewood Community League. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  7. ↑ Kuban, Ron (2005). Edmonton's Urban Villages: The Community League Movement. University of Alberta Press. ISBN 9781459303249.
  8. ↑ "Lakewood Transit Centre Map" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  9. 1 2 3 "Governments fund Lakewood Transit Centre upgrades". Canada News Wire Group. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Lakewood Transit Centre". City of Edmonton. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Brochures in PDF". City of Edmonton. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  12. ↑ "School Service: ETS Trip Planner". City of Edmonton. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
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