Gasoline Alley or Gasoline Alley West is a
hamlet
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Alberta
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within
Red Deer County
Red Deer County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada within Census Division No. 8 and surrounding the City of Red Deer. The neighbouring municipalities of Red Deer County are Clearwater County to the west, Lacombe County to the ...
.
It is within the west portion of
Gasoline Alley
Gasoline Alley may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Gasoline Alley'' (comic strip), a comic strip by Frank King, first published in 1918
** ''Gasoline Alley'' (radio series), a 193149 radio series based on the eponymous comic stri ...
between
Highway 2 and
Highway 2A, south of downtown
Red Deer
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.
History
Red Deer County Council adopted the Liberty Landing Outline Plan in April 2015 for of land on the north side of McKenzie Road between Highway 2 and Highway 2A in west portion of Gasoline Alley.
With an estimated population of 2,349 living within 890 dwelling units at full build-out,
[ Liberty Landing began developing in the west portion of Gasoline Alley in 2017.]Show home
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s began marketing the residential community in September 2018.[ Due to high development fees associated with utility connections in the area, Red Deer County decided to designate the west portion of Gasoline Alley as a hamlet in order to facilitate franchise agreements that would reduce development fees.][ Red Deer County officially designated Gasoline Alley, inclusive of Liberty Landing, as a hamlet on October 2, 2018.][
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Geography
Gasoline Alley's hamlet boundary comprises Highway 2 to the east, Township Road 374 (McKenzie Road) to the south, Range Road 275 to the west, and Waskasoo Avenue/Leva Avenue to the northwest.[
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References
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Hamlets in Alberta
Red Deer County