EDMONTON – The price tag for a new bridge over Groat Road at 102nd Avenue needs to jump by $11.5-million, according to a city report that pegs the new project budget at over $32-million.
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Province, feds, shell out millions for needed road construction projects in Strathcona County
Four road projects in Strathcona County are getting a $3.3-million boost from the feds and the province, both governments announce Wednesday.
Funding for the projects includes $1.1 million from the federal Gas Tax fund and $2.1 million from Alberta’s Basic Municipal Transportation Grant.
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Sturgeon County to study realignment of Starkey Road
County council was skeptical this week about plans to spend $29 million to realign Starkey Road – especially since they included an underpass for moose.
Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to spend $500,000 to do detailed engineering studies for the first phase of the realignment of Starkey Road. Mayor Don Rigney and councillors Don McGeachy and David Kluthe were not present.
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Foothills cuts millions from cost of road upgrade
Officials with the MD of Foothills were able to shave millions off the cost of fixing a busy road in the Millarville area.
On March 13 Foothills council approved a $1.37 million plan to repair and resurface the Racetrack Road between Black Diamond and the Millarville Racetrack over the next three years.
After an earlier plan to completely rebuild and pave the 11 km road at a cost $6.7 million was revealed in 2011, MD officials went back to the drawing board to find a less expensive option.
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Decision on closure of Range Road 21 boat launch deferred
A decision on the closure of Range Road 21 to boat launch activity has been deferred by Red Deer County.
Residents of the Summer Village of Half Moon Bay and elected officials crowded into Red Deer County council chambers on Tuesday to voice their stances on the issue.
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Province continues quest to return Deerfoot Trail to Calgary control
EDMONTON — The Tory government still wants to return Deerfoot Trail to municipal control, and could look to begin talks with the city of Calgary in the next few months, says Transportation Minister Ric McIver.
However, the MLA for Calgary-Hays and a former city alderman said there is no sense of urgency to the issue, which would require extensive negotiations and a final agreement with the city before any handover.
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Update: Mandel calls bike-lane plans a nightmare
EDMONTON – Edmonton’s bike-lane construction plans are turning into a “nightmare” that is pushing cars off the road, says Mayor Stephen Mandel.
“(The project) is becoming something more far-reaching than I think council had once anticipated,” Mandel said Wednesday at council’s transportation committee.
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Making downtown Edmonton more uptown
EDMONTON – Pedestrians hemmed in by the drab fabric-coated wire fences protecting the upheaval on Jasper Avenue might sympathize with cattle on their way to the feed lot.
Two blocks of Edmonton’s Main Street have been lined with barricades and narrowed to one lane in each direction since last spring, as Jasper Avenue undergoes its largest transformation since the city fathers first put down asphalt.
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Major road overhauls to start in 2013
City crews will begin work on one of the major roadway overhauls next summer.
The improvements are based on the Riverlands Area Redevelopment Plan and the Taylor Drive Concept Plan (43rd Street to Ross Street). READ
Huge Investment Needed to Fix Hat’s Crumbling Infrastructure
Development and Infrastructure Commissioner Abdul Khan says the city needs to invest at least $600 million over the next 30 years.
At least one city official agrees that Canada needs to put a plan in place to help fix it’s crumbling infrastructure.
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