St. Albert will spend another $1.1 million on road, sidewalk and bus pad work without spending any more money than budgeted for 2013.
City council on Monday gave its approval for a plan to perform additional work using surplus funds in the capital budget for this year. Due to a confluence of strange factors outside the city’s control, many of its tenders have come in below budget, leading to a surplus of funds available within the capital reserves.
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economic development threatening to overtake weather as the most discussed topic in town, this week brings a couple of developments.
One, the usual set of summer storms started to arrive, and two, a long-rumoured expansion for Methanex has finally entered the public discourse.
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EDMONTON – Councillors gave the green light Wednesday to a long-term plan that would triple spending on repairs for Edmonton’s crumbling commuter roads.
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The biggest item on the City’s road improvement to-do list will likely start construction in late June.
Funding and final reading was approved by city council on May 21 to widen Yankee Valley Boulevard between East Lake Boulevard and Kings Heights Gate, turning the single lane roadway into a four-way divided highway with a median and street lighting.
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Bezanson-area County of Grande Prairie councillor Harold Bulford said he’s doing everything he can to change the deadly intersection located at Highway 43 and Secondary Highway 733.
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Calgary motorists will get a slight reprieve from the usually busy summer construction season as capital funding for roads projects is tighter than usual.
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Plans for a six-lane expressway through Red Deer hit a rough patch at the city’s municipal planning commission meeting on Wednesday.
The commission was asked to review a proposed new East Hill major area structure plan and recommend its adoption to city council.
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City council is looking for compromise on Alberta Transportation’s plans on access changes to and from the Trans-Canada Highway between First and 16th streets.
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Strathcona County has developed a new website to inform residents of upcoming road construction plans and projects for the summer of 2013.
The CountyWorks website is an interactive web map highlighting all roads and pathways that will be under construction for the upcoming season. The website provides estimated project start and completion dates as well as contact information.
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A city plan to double the amount of road construction this year brings new meaning to the popular notion that Edmonton has two seasons: winter and construction.
With winter (mostly) over, city officials announced Tuesday this construction season will be even busier than the last.
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