Construction

The Town has been informed by Alberta Transportation (AT) that both southbound lanes of 48 Street between 55 Avenue and 57 Avenue will be closed on Friday, June 19 to accommodate concrete pouring for the Highway 779 project. While lanes are closed, traffic will be shifted to the centre northbound lane and northbound traffic will be restricted to the outside lane only.

Downtown Redevelopment is moving forward with the installation of the water main on the east side of 50 Avenue. Concrete work for the sidewalk west on 50 Avenue is now complete.

Alberta Transportation reopened the intersection of 48 Street (Hwy 779) and 57 Avenue at 7:00AM this morning. Detour signs in the area have been removed by construction crews.

Alberta Transportation has informed the Town the opening of the 57th Avenue intersection has been delayed.

Alberta Transportation (AT) has informed the Town that concrete and granular base work for the Highway 779 Construction Project has been completed at 57 Avenue West. Paving of the intersection is scheduled for Friday, June 12 with a plan to reopen the intersection to traffic by the end of the day.

All sanitary and water services have been installed on 51 Avenue as part of Downtown Redevelopment.

The water main on 51 Avenue east and west were completed last week as part of the Downtown Redevelopment project. Crews are now working on installing water services and the water main on 50 Street.

Work continues this week on the west side of 48 Street (Hwy 779) with the widening of the roadway from the 57 Avenue intersection to 55 Avenue, the installation of two catch basins in the same area, and placement of topsoil and seeding in the completed areas between the 79 Avenue (Hwy 628) and 57 Avenue. While the work widening the roadway north of 57 Avenue will continue for a couple more weeks, the plan is to have the 57 Avenue intersection reopened to traffic by Friday, June 12.

As part of the Highway 779 (48 Street) construction project, back lanes on 48 Street between 53 Avenue and 55 Avenue West and those between 52 Avenue and 56 Avenue East will be closed starting Monday, June 1. Following the gas main work, the lanes will be paved.

Work on Alberta Transportation’s 48 Street (Hwy 779) Widening Project will resume on Monday, May 25th. Work will start on the west side of the roadway at 57 Avenue and proceed north to 55 Avenue.