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Alberta plans improvements and expansions to provincial park system

May 18, 2017 | 8:54 AM

EDMONTON – Alberta provincial parks will be getting a five-year makeover.

The province has announced a $239-million plan to expand and revitalize the provincial park system, starting with $54.2 million this year.

Environment Minister Shannon Phillips says the population of the province has gone up by one million in the last decade, a lot of them young families.

But she says in the same period, there wasn’t much done to the parks system.

Phillips says the plan is to spend the money in a variety of ways, from new trails, playgrounds, picnic tables and other park improvements.

The government is also aiming to make the parks more inclusive for people with disabilities.

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