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Regular Council Meeting Highlights for August 19, 2019

Electronic Utility Billing

For the last six months residents of Stony Plain have been encouraged, through a social media campaign, to sign up for their utility bill to be emailed as opposed to mailed to them. The idea was brought to Council in February as a way to cut costs and be more environmentally friendly. At that time 28.7% were already signed up for the electronic bill, that number has increased by 3.6% to 32.3%. At Monday’s Regular Council meeting Council gave the direction to ramp up...

Town Council Allocates $350,000 to a Flood Prevention Plan

Council approved $250,000 for a Storm Water Mitigation Project and $100,000 for a Sanitary Manhole Flooding Protection Retrofit Project. The decision follows the two major flooding events in Stony Plain this summer. After the massive rains hit our community, the Town conducted a preliminary assessment of the performance of the existing infrastructure and flood risk areas. In some areas of Town the storm water system was not capable of handling the extreme amount of water which caused local street...

CN Rail Crossing Maintenance

CN has notified the Town of Stony Plain of the following rail crossing closures:

• Thursday, August 22, 2019 – 50 Street: 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

• Friday, August 23, 2019 – 48 Street: 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. 

During the closures, crews will remove existing hardwood panels, surface to match top of rail on North Track and re-install existing hardwood panels and pave approaches. Paving will be completed immediately after track work is complete. Please use alternate routes during this time. Questions can be directed...

Highway 779 Closure Begins August 20

Alberta Transportation (AT) has informed the Town that they will be closing Provincial Hwy 779 (48 Street) between Hwy 628 (79 Avenue) and Willow Park Road (South entrance) for approximately three weeks, beginning Tuesday, August 20.

Traffic will be detoured East on Hwy 628 to Golf Course Road, North on Golf Course Road to 49 Avenue and then West on 49 Avenue back to Hwy 779. To ensure safety, access to Willow Way and Willow Park Road (North and South entrances) will be restricted to local traffic...

Temporary Road Closures for Night Paving and Crosswalk Pouring

Main Street, from 54 Avenue to 53 Avenue, will be closed for night paving on Monday, August 19. The closure will begin at 7:00 p.m. and continue until the final lift is complete. The road will reopen on Tuesday morning.

Beginning August 22, there will be temporary road closures surrounding the construction area for the pouring and curing of concrete crosswalks. During each pour, the road will be blocked off to ensure the concrete has sufficient time to dry. Detours will be in effect for approximately...