This week, council got to ask questions about the proposed fall budget adjustment. Plus, we learn more about the city's plan to enforce speed limits, the "end" of construction season, and the Valley Line LRT turns two.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Budget

• Report: Operating Financial Update - Sept. 30, 2025
• Report: Fall 2025 Supplemental Operating Budget Adjustment - 2023-2026 Operating Budget
• Report: Fall 2025 Supplemental Capital Budget Adjustment - 2023-2026 Capital Budget
• Keith Gerein: Despite another grim city budget, Edmonton may be closer to ending its financial funk

Vision Zero

• Report: Municipal Traffic Safety Expansion Opportunities - Reinvesting to Address Critical Safety Concerns
• Speeding, traffic fatalities up as Edmonton navigates provincial photo radar restrictions: city report
• A better Detour for 102 Ave - YEG Bike Coalition
• Calgary's Pathway and Bikeway Projects (5A)

Construction season

• Edmonton ends construction season as it eyes accelerated strategy for future projects
• News Release: City wraps up the 2025 construction season at new fire station

Valley Line LRT

• Two years later, is the Valley Line Southeast LRT meeting expectations?
• LRT train pushed off tracks after crash with semi-truck
• November 2023: Speaking Municipally ON A TRAIN

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