September 27, 2023 Update

Progress on the 50 Avenue and 46 Street intersection is on schedule and on budget. All downtown businesses in the 50 Avenue Redevelopment construction area are open.

What's new

• 50 Avenue is now open from 50 Street to 46 Street
• 50 Avenue is remaining open over the winter, until construction resumes in spring 2024

50 Avenue is now open for vehicle traffic

50 Avenue and 50 Street intersection

• Construction on the library parking lot is underway. This parking lot is above much underground infrastructure (water, sewer), and completing this work in 2023 helps us to shorten construction schedules in 2024. This shortens how much construction must be done during the buy summer season
• This work includes relocating the water and sewer lines from underneath 50 Avenue, to underneath the parking lot (49 Street to 50 Street). If we need repairs in the future, 50 Avenue won't be disrupted along this important economic corridor
• Doing the work in the fall of 2023 instead of spring/summer 2024:
  • Minimizes impacts on the businesses in the area
  • Reduces how much work we need to do in 2024, which makes 2024 construction faster
  • Gives underground work and earth time to settle over the winter of 2023 / 2024. This means that any problems from settling, like dips or cracks, can be corrected in spring 2024. This should create a smoother surface in the future
  • Surface work (paving, concrete, line painting, street lights, etc.) can start earlier in 2024, which means we can finish paving in 2024 instead of 2025
  • Keeps us on schedule with the new wastewater trunk main line. The new line is part of a separate project we are doing together with the Sylvan Lake Regional Wastewater Commission (SLRWWC). The new line can't go forward until the 50 Avenue work is done

Next Tasks

Completed Tasks: August 17 - September 25

Phase 3, Stage 3

• Finishing road construction before opening 50 Avenue from 47 Street to 49 Street. This section stays gravel until we are ready for first lift of asphalt paving in October

• 50 Avenue from 47 Street to 49 Street is open to vehicle traffic

• Trees were removed from the southeast corner of the 50 Avenue and 50 Street intersection:

• Improves sight lines

• Makes way for relocated water and sewer mains

• Makes room for intersection safety and traffic flow improvements
  
  

Access to businesses during construction

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