Lakewood, Edmonton

Lakewood
Community
Lakewood Location of Lakewood in Edmonton
Coordinates: 53°27′32″N113°26′53″W / 53.459°N 113.448°W / 53.459; -113.448
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
City	Edmonton
Quadrant [1]	NW
Ward [1]	Karhiio
Sector [2]	Southeast
Area [3]	Mill Woods
Government [4]
• Mayor	Andrew Knack
• Administrative body	Edmonton City Council
• Councillor	Keren Tang
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 at Lakewood Road East and 31 Avenue. ^{[6] [7]}

Lakewood Transit Centre

Lakewood Transit Centre
Lakewood Transit Centre in 2020.
General information
Platforms	12 bus bays [8]
Construction
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Website	Lakewood Transit Centre
History
Opened	1982 [9]
Location

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

Approximately $1.4 million in upgrades to the transit centre were completed in 2017 with $689,000 in funding provided by the federal government and $344,500 in funding provided by the provincial government. ^[9]

Following the bus network redesign of April 25, 2021, it is no longer indicated as a transit centre on ETS maps. It is, however, still served by ETS bus routes. The following bus routes serve the transit centre: ^[11]

Main article: List of Edmonton Transit Service bus routes

To/from	Routes
Knottwood	513
Mill Woods Road	509
Mill Woods Transit Centre	509, 512, 513
South Edmonton Common	512

See also

• Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues
• Edmonton Transit Service

References

1. "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. "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. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.