Centennial Street Redevelopment 2025

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The 50 Street Redevelopment Project upgrades 50 Street from Lakeshore Drive to 48 Avenue. Upgrades include new infrastructure (road surface), underground infrastructure (utilities), sidewalks, and landscaping. All downtown businesses in the 50 Avenue Redevelopment construction area are open. CN Rail completed the railway crossing upgrades. The project has three phases running from 2023 to 2027. There is a planned two year break for 2025 and 2026.

When: Phases

  • Phase 1 and 2, COMPLETE: 2013 - 2024
  • Phase 2 part 2: 2025. Builds on previous work
  • Planned break: 2026 - 2026. Regardless of start time, there is a planned two year break between Phase 2 and 3
  • Phase 3: Tentatively starting in 2027

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The 50 Street Redevelopment Project upgrades 50 Street from Lakeshore Drive to 48 Avenue. Upgrades include new infrastructure (road surface), underground infrastructure (utilities), sidewalks, and landscaping. All downtown businesses in the 50 Avenue Redevelopment construction area are open. CN Rail completed the railway crossing upgrades. The project has three phases running from 2023 to 2027. There is a planned two year break for 2025 and 2026.

When: Phases

  • Phase 1 and 2, COMPLETE: 2013 - 2024
  • Phase 2 part 2: 2025. Builds on previous work
  • Planned break: 2026 - 2026. Regardless of start time, there is a planned two year break between Phase 2 and 3
  • Phase 3: Tentatively starting in 2027

Learn about the project



  • Scramble crossing coming in June

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    We are pleased to announce the intersection at Centennial Street and Lakeshore Drive is changing to a pedestrian scramble crossing to improve safety. Cars turning at intersections is one of the main causes of pedestrian collisions. Scramble intersections cut these pedestrian collisions in half. In a scramble intersection, pedestrians and vehicles are never in the intersection at the same time. These intersections work very well in other high volume tourist areas like Canmore and Banff.

    Any change takes some time to get used to. Please show kindness and patience while everybody learns to scramble.

    How do they work?

    1. When all vehicles have a red, pedestrians can cross in any direction, including diagonally
    2. During the all-red signal, vehicles, including cars, motorcycles, buses and bikes, must stop
    3. Drivers: Do not turn on a red on any corner
    4. Pedestrians cross-all-ways phase typically activates every third signal rotation

    When?

    • Construction begins the week of June 9, 2025
    • We hope to have it completed by June 13, 2025

    Questions?

    • Leave your question in the Ask & Answered on the Centennial Steet project page


  • Phases

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    Phase 2 part 2

    Completed

    • Concrete, first level of asphalt, line painting, and signage
    • Fortis installed the streetlights along 50 Avenue
    • CN Rail intersection upgrades including preparation of the pedestrian crossing at the railway along the east side of 50 Street
    • Remove old asphalt, concrete curbs, and sidewalks
    • Install underground wiring conduit for the new traffic signals
    • Excavate and install a new gravel structure to provide a base for a new asphalt road surface
    • Install new curbs and gutters
    • Install new sidewalks
    • Pave the road with asphalt
    • Reconstruction of the intersection at 50 Avenue and Centennial Street
      • Install a new asphalt walking path on the east side of the intersection
      • Landscaping
      • CN Rail and Fortis are also working on upgrades
      • Install traffic lights. Scheduled for the end of November. We turn them on in the spring of 2025. First, CN must remove, replace, and upgrade their equipment so the traffic signals can coordinate with the rail crossing signals

      • Traffic lights turn on

      • Final layer of asphalt with line painting

      • Line painting
      • Paving of trail along south side of 50 Ave and east side of 50 St

    Tasks

    Part 3, 2025

    • Remaining landscaping
    • Signage
    • We are working on fine tuning the traffic lights to work together to reduce congestion, including the traffic lights at:
      • Centennial Street and 50 Avenue
      • Lakeshore Drive and Centennial Street, including changing the intersection to a scramble style crossing. Details here
      • 48 Avenue and Centennial Street
    • We are working to halt any construction for the busy summer months
    • We hope to wrap up construction this year for the 2026 construction break, resuming in 2027

    We thank you for all your patience during construction to keep our workers safe!

  • Learn more about the project

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    Why do the project?

    • The roadway and underground utilities are past the end of their life cycle
      • It is cheaper to replace aging underground infrastructure before it fails
      • Some water and sewer mains are over forty years old
      • Save money by upgrading landscaping and sidewalks at the same time as the road
    • Improve accessibility
    • Modernize the road and calm traffic, while reducing construction impacts
    • Help tourism and business by giving a facelift to this important downtown corridor
    • Centennial Street is the heart of our downtown core, learn more here


    Why is the 50 Street area important?

    • It is the heart of our historic downtown core

    • 50 Street supports heavy use by residents and visitors

    • As population and traffic increases

    • We need new underground infrastructure to meet demand

    • Making the railway crossing safer is important

    • Fulfills Council's strategy:
      • To provide a safe area for residents and visitors to enjoy while promoting businesses and downtown
      • To create an environment that invites people to explore businesses off Lakeshore Drive
      • Vision: The Town of Sylvan Lake is a thriving, connected lakeside community that is resident focused, visitor friendly, and THE place to do business
      • Mission: Deliver responsible municipal services and infrastructure that support an outstanding quality of life, unforgettable experiences, and a strong, diverse economy

    • This project helps to fulfill goals in the Town's REIMAGINE SYLVAN, Sustainable Waterfront Area Redevelopment Plan (SWARP)


    Reducing construction impacts





  • Budget

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    The Centennial Street Modernization is one of the Town's biggest projects. It cannot be completed in one construction season and was split into 3 phases.

    Total budget to date: $16,254,000

    Phase 3

    Phase 2

    Phase 1


    Questions?

Page last updated: 03 Jun 2025, 11:42 AM