Airboy
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Went by yesterday. Looks like all the concrete barriers are still to be done. The road surfaces are close. just a bit of paving near the bridge north side left. and all the guard rails are needed along the roadway.
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Highway 15 Bridge Twinning | ?m | ?s
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CplKlinger
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Pictures from yesterday.
CplKlinger
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At today's budget deliberation, Fort Sask's public works dept requested 17,500 to maintain the pedestrian bridge (snow removal and other maintenance). When asked about the timing, a staff member stated that administration has been led to believe that the bridge will open in October 2022. I'm guessing this will coincide with the top deck's opening. They further stated that the $17,500 request is a for a full year, because they did not have any estimated date of opening on-hand when originally drafting their budget request.
CplKlinger
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I reached out to the River Valley Alliance, and they confirmed:
"There is only the lamoureux trail in sturgeon county as far as RVA trails at the moment. Currently there is no more builds in that area on the plans"
That's not to say nothing is planned for that area. Fort Saskatchewan is a member of the Athabasca Landing Trail organization, and although its outdated website suggests that the project is stagnant, this document from Fort Saskatchewan city council's first meeting of this term says that an "environmentally sensitive conceptual trail master plan" is in the works. But if that trail ever comes to fruition it'll go north, not west. So unless Edmonton and Sturgeon County decide to do something on their own initiative, there won't be a trail running parallel to the river between Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan's pedestrian bridge.
It's not the end of the world since there's already a trail going through Strathcona County, but once the bridge between that trail and Edmonton is built, it would have been nice for there to be a loop that one could take so that they don't need to double back on the same trail.
Airboy
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The new foot fridge about to be built upstream of Ft Sask will allow some easier movement between Ft Sask and Ed. but the north bank does need a trail back into the city. or at least to the old Ft Road.which is paved.
Gronk!
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I haven't driven Hwy 15 to Fort Sask in several months. Now that spring has arrived, any updates?
Gronk!
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I did drive Hwy 15 to the Fort about 7 PM tonight. The bridge structure itself is mostly completed but there's still roadwork that needs to be done. I think this should finish before end of June.
CplKlinger
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Small update from the province that confirms the project is still on track: "Road construction west of the river and remaining bridge work will continue with an anticipated completion in fall 2022."
CplKlinger
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Gronk!
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Looks like this will be completed this autumn. Twinning appears be almost complete on both sides of the bridge while the bridge itself is undergoing grading/paving/etc.
CplKlinger
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Apologies for the hand
CplKlinger
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Not my pic, but one lane of the new bridge is open now.
Gronk!
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CplKlinger
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From my drive yesterday.
I gotta say, I love how this post is dripping with passive aggressiveness haha
fortsaskonline.com
I gotta say, I love how this post is dripping with passive aggressiveness haha
Highway 15 bridge construction set to wrap this month
Fort Saskatchewan residents can expect construction on the new Highway 15 bridge to wrap up in about two weeks. Members of the provincial government were in the city on Monday (Oct. 3) afternoon to give an update on the project, which includes twinning a portion of the busy highway. Alberta...
fortsaskonline.com
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Gronk!
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I drove the newly-twinned Hwy 15 from Edmonton to Fort Saskatchewan recently. Good job! I only wish this was done 30 years ago.