EDMONTON – Edmonton’s main arterial roads will crumble back to their condition of 20 years ago unless the city dramatically increases annual maintenance spending to $65 million, a new report says.
That would be about six times more than this year’s original $9-million budget for upkeep of the 832 kilometres of arterial roads, although last month city council put an additional $12 million toward this work.
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The City could soon approach the provincial government about slightly altering the intersection at First Street, S.E., and the Trans-Canada Highway.
The Roadway Masterplan was approved at Wednesday’s meeting of the Development and Infrastructure committee, and now goes to city council for adoption on May 6.
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Residents can be forgiven for experiencing a sense of déjà vu this summer when the city starts work on some of its larger capital projects, specifically when it comes to roads.
That’s because two major road projects that were supposed to be finished last year but were delayed due to last summer’s heavy and constant rains are back on the city schedule this year.
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Residents driving around Peace River may experience a bumpy ride.
The Town of Peace River have deemed potholes a high priority and both the town and the Public Works department continue to address it.
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The City of Grande Prairie’s community safety committee dished out more than $8 million Tuesday to pay for two different packages of road projects for this summer and some of next year.
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A $16 million bypass could solve most of Cardiff’s traffic woes, say residents, but county staff say it wouldn’t be built for decades.
About 45 county residents showed up to an open house on Cardiff Road last Thursday at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre. Sturgeon County engineers and consultants from ISL Engineering and Land Services were there to present ideas on how to address traffic concerns in Cardiff, a community just east of Morinville.
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Despite some skepticism over the years and a financial downturn that has seen the province dip back into deficit, the provincial government is all paid up on Ray Gibbon Drive.
The city announced Monday that the Alberta government had handed over its final instalment for stage three of the road, valued at $17.2 million.
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Thirty-sixth Street N.E., an access road to Calgary International Airport, will be closed for four months as the city widens it.
The city shut 36th on Monday between Country Hills Boulevard and 80th Avenue N.E. When it reopens, it will be a four-lane road.
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Some big piles of gravel are appearing along the Big Bend on Hwy 2 just south of Red Deer in anticipation of some spring work.
A project to overlay both northbound and southbound parts of the highway just north of Hwy 590 at Innisfail is set to begin in late May to early June.
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The state of Alberta’s highways is getting worse — but Transportation Minister Ric McIver says it’s all part of the Tory government’s plan.
Whatever the strategy, the head of the organization representing small counties and municipal districts is warning that Alberta’s rural road system desperately needs more repair or the province risks losing some highways.
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