Alberta Accelerates School Builds | Calgary News

Calgary News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 9, 2026 · 2m

Alberta’s government is fast-tracking 57 school projects—16 in Calgary, 41 across the province—to slash construction timelines by nearly nine months, delivering new classrooms and upgraded facilities faster. Calgary’s schools are benefiting from expedited funding and early-stage design pushes, with five of twelve projects already in design and the rest jumping straight into construction. Education leaders praise the move as critical for addressing urgent space shortages. The province’s three-stage acceleration strategy—planning, design, construction—aims to cut costs by avoiding…