Current levels of completeness by neighbourhood

Of particular interest in Complete Communities Assessment Final Report, is the levels of completeness, listed below by City neighbourhood.

• The Bench has the lowest completeness level of all neighbourhoods in the city which has land designated for housing. 85% of its housing stock comprises of single and semi-detached dwellings, and daily services and employment uses are more than a 15-to-20-minute walk from housing. The Bench neighbourhood has the highest levels of socioeconomic health and well-being in the city, with lower levels of residents spending more than 30% of their gross income on shelter costs than any other neighbourhood. Sidewalk and cycle lane coverage and connectivity is low, increasing vehicular reliance to access services. There are servicing infrastructure constraints in the north and northwestern areas impacting future growth potential
  
  
• The Horseshoe neighbourhood has a moderate level of completeness, benefiting from a greater diversity of housing, closer walking proximity to Downtown services, and some north-south sidewalk and cycle lane connectivity. It is heavily reliant on School Parks to provide outdoor recreation space, and there are some east-west gaps in sidewalk and cycle lane coverage. Its existing servicing infrastructure is sufficient to meet projected future growth in the neighbourhood.
  
  
• The Downtown neighbourhood has the highest levels of completeness in Terrace. It benefits from a mix of low and moderate density housing less than a 5-minute walk from city services, employment use and amenities. There are greater levels of core housing needs in and adjacent to Downtown with higher levels of residents spending 30% or more of their gross income on shelter costs, and with higher levels of housing in need of repair or deemed unsuitable compared to other city neighbourhoods. It is a walkable neighbourhood but lacks cycle lane connectivity. Existing servicing infrastructure has sufficient capacity to accommodate future growth.
  
  
• The South Side is ranked the third most complete neighbourhood in the city. It has a range of housing typologies, and tenures close to essential services like Mills Memorial Hospital and employment uses along Keith Avenue. Like Downtown, the northeastern areas of the South Side neighbourhood have higher levels of core housing need than in the Horseshoe and Bench neighbourhoods. The neighbourhood has moderate levels of sidewalk coverage, but no cycle network. The CN rail line is a significant barrier for active modes of commute and movement to services in Downtown. Following recent infrastructure upgrades, the neighbourhood's servicing capacity is sufficient to accommodate future growth.
  
  
• The Highway 16 West, Keith Avenue Corridor West, and Keith Avenue Corridor East have low levels of completeness given their primary land uses are commercial and industrial. While the Highway 16 West Corridor benefits from good east-west connectivity via the Grand Truck Pathway, the Keith Avenue Corridors have poor sidewalk and cycle lane coverage increasing the reliance on private vehicle access. The Keith Avenue Corridors have good levels of servicing capacity, although the Highway 16 Corridor in the western parts of the city has significant servicing constraints impacting growth.