A third bridge crossing may not be in the city’s plans for the next 20 years, but further development will have an impact on the uniqueness and importance of the Lethbridge river valley regardless of the timeline, say a pair of frequent coulee users.
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Detours will soon direct pathway users around St. Patrick’s Island as the space will be closed for construction for over a year beginning next month.
After a lengthy public consultation period, the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation said they’re now closing down the island from March until fall 2014 as construction ramps up.
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EDMONTON – Another modern bridge could soon span the North Saskatchewan River after a city committee approved a “signature” design Tuesday for Edmonton’s southeast LRT.
The bridge features one set of concrete pylons stretching 20 to 25 metres into the air holding cables that will support the deck, said Nat Alampi, program manager for the southeast to west LRT.
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Back in the early ‘60s, when women wore their hair high and men drove finned cars half the length of a basketball court – my Auntie Harriett and Uncle Grice were the doyens of the small Saskatchewan town in which they lived.
Whenever some new fashion or gadget became all the rage, Grice (who was my grandmother’s brother) was always the first person to buy one.
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The aging 100 Avenue bridge will finally get a much-needed rehabilitation in 2013 which will see its lifespan increase by 40 years.
Work on the 53-year-old bridge was supposed to be finished this year, however the company the work was awarded to last year, Ontario-based ConCrete USL, folded just before the city entered into pre-construction talks. The work was already more than $500,000 over budget at the time, coming in a just over $2 million.
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It cost the railway $1.33 million – 105 years ago – to build Lethbridge’s iconic bridge.
To add a second landmark, one that city residents could actually walk or cycle across, would cost at least $60 million.
That’s the forecast cost of a level “bank to bank” crossing, taking the shortest route across the Oldman River. Building at a wider point could cost $95 million.
Those are the figures from a bridge engineer, included in a report city council will review today. They come in response to a proposal earlier this year, suggesting the city could secure federal funding to build a “signature” crossing as part of the nation’s 150th birthday celebrations in 2017.
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The vision is there – now the next step is gathering the support.
That’s the situation facing Ron Bain and the Coulee Corridor committee, which is continuing to push forward with the idea of a pedestrian bridge to connect west and south Lethbridge.
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