Project Phases
April 01 → November 29 2024
UNDERWAY: Roundabout Construction
Tasks
- November 12 - 15: Rapid flashing beacons for the crosswalk
- Date TBD: Waiting for Fortis Alberta to complete their design so that streetlights along Memorial Trail can be installed
- The speed limit remains 30km / hour along Memorial Trail until the streetlights are installed
Completed Tasks
- Started July 9:
- Detour roads on Memorial Trail and on Highway 20 open for traffic
- Memorial Trail at Highway 20 right in right out only begins. Northbound Highway 20 westbound turn onto Memorial Drive closed
- Township Road 384 access from Highway 20 closed
- July 1 - October 31: Detour and Intersection Construction
- July 3 - 9: Closure of Memorial Trail (Highway 20 to Ryders Ridge Blvd) to install underground infrastructure
- April - July: Relocation of shallow utilities and power poles (Fortis, Telus, and EQUS)
- Detour road built
- April 25 - May 5: Tree clearing and fence removal/relocation
- February 14: Construction tender closed with four submissions received
- February 26: Council awarded tender CP1901-02 to Border Paving. Not to exceed $5,780,000 excluding GST
- February 27: Notice of tender award issued to Border Paving for $5,439,233.75 plus GST
- March 18: Signed construction contract with Border Paving
- March 25: Pre-construction meeting
August 01 → November 30 2023
COMPLETE: Early Construction and Other Tasks
Planned work for fall 2023 includes:
- Issue construction request for proposal
- March 2024: Purchased land surrounding the roundabout
April 05 → April 21 2023
COMPLETE: Public Engagement Survey
This survey is complete:
- Participation levels were too low to provide relevant results
- Under 12 people completed a survey
April 05 2023
COMPLETE: Open House
Representatives from the Province of Alberta and the Town of Sylvan Lake provide information and answer questions.
April 01 → November 30 2022
COMPLETE: Surveys and Planning
Work completed in 2022 includes:
- Request for proposals issued, and consulting engineering firm McElhanney awarded the design and construction-related services contract
- Topographical survey and traffic counts
- A geotechnical investigation
- Shallow utility locates and hydrovaccing
- The Province of Alberta completed the twinning of Highway 11 beside Sylvan which allows the Highway 20 and Memorial Trail roundabout project to begin