{"id":15228502,"date":"2026-07-26T11:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/letter-infill-issues-construction-mess-a-management-failure\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T21:38:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:38:57","slug":"letter-infill-issues-construction-mess-a-management-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/letter-infill-issues-construction-mess-a-management-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter: Infill issues, construction mess a management failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently read a quote by one of our councillors which I think explains to some degree why Edmonton is such a mess with construction and infill and so on. Councillor Parmer stated The City of Edmonton can\u2019t be everywhere, in all places. Management schools everywhere teach if you can\u2019t supervise something, don\u2019t approve it. It\u2019s rare to see a member of council admit they are out of their depth. <a href=\"https:\/\/edmontonsun.com\/opinion\/letters\/letter-infill-issues-construction-mess-a-management-failure?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=truncated_content&amp;utm_content=opinion_letters&amp;utm_term=edmonton_sun\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/edmontonsun.com\/opinion\/letters\/letter-infill-issues-construction-mess-a-management-failure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Edmonton Sun<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OUT OF THEIR DEPTH I recently read a quote by one of our councillors which I think explains to some degree why Edmonton is such a mess with construction and infill and so on. 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