Construction Updates
Scheduled work
IMPORTANT NOTE: Dates for all outdoor projects are weather dependent. For your safety and the safety of the crews working, please be patient, follow flag person directions and obey all barricades and signs in the area. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
| Timeline | Location | Description | Dept |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3 | Cochrane streets | Line painting of Town streets will begin Thursday evening, work is planned to take one night but will continue Friday night if necessary, weather permitting. Work starts after 11pm when traffic is minimal. Please stay back from the line painting equipment and avoid, to the extent possible, driving on fresh lines to prevent paint from getting on your vehicle. | Roads |
| Jun 1 | New off-leash dog park parking lot, by the lagoon site | The roads team will complete some surface improvements, the work is scheduled to take one day to complete and alternate parking is available. | Roads |
| May 28-June 18 | Town curbs and sidewalks throughout downtown | This work will replace trees, upgrade and repair sidewalks, wheelchair ramps curbs and gutters throughout downtown: | Roads |
| May 29-June 11 | Quigley Dr and West Rock Rd. | Road and concrete repairs. Please note that during this time there will be lane closures but traffic will still continue to flow in the area. | Roads |
| May 20 | 4th Avenue Bridge | Geotechnical drilling work for the design of the new bridge
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| May 25-28 | Rivercrest | Temporary road closure | Civil Land Development |
| May 25-28 | Alley on the east side of Ross Ave | Temporary road closure | Civil Land Development |
| May 25-28 | Range Rd 42, south of Sunterra Rd | Temporary road closure | Civil Land Development |
| May 24-June 14 | Headlands Close east of 432 William St | Temporary street or sidewalk closure, replacing power poles | Civil Land Development |
| Starts spring 2021 | Hwy 1A improvements | Upgrade to Highway 1A corridor: from east of Centre Ave to west of Fifth Ave
Trees are only being removed within the project work area and will be replaced in 2022 as part of the final landscaping. | Capital projects |
| Phase 1: COMPLETE Future phases: 2021-2022 | Centre Ave | Centre Ave Council approved a schedule and estimated budget for Centre Ave corridor improvements, continuing their commitment to community connectivity and increasing traffic efficiency and capacity, particularly during peak commute times. | Capital projects |
| COMPLETE | Hwy 1A (between Fifth Ave and Hwy 22) | CP Siding Extension UPDATED July 15, 2020 A full closure of the pathway will occur in mid-August to construct the bridge. Pathway closure map CP is building an extension to the existing siding within their right-of-way, from beneath the Hwy 22 bridge to near Fifth Ave West, including a second bridge over Big Hill Creek. Construction is scheduled to be complete by December 31, 2020.Please note that during construction there will be an increase to vehicular traffic, including trucks, in the area and along Hwy 1A between Hwy 22 and Cochrane’s Historic Downtown. | More: CP Rail, 1-800-766-7912 or community_connect@cpr.ca https://www.cpr.ca/en/community/living-near-the-railway/rail-projects-near-you |
| COMPLETE | NE of Hwy 1A/22 intersection | Historical resources investigations Archaeological excavations are scheduled near the Hwy 1A/22 interchange project, including archaeological hand excavations at four locations northeast of the intersection.
| Alberta Transportation |
| TBC | Hwy 1A/22 interchange | The 2019-21 provincial budget includes funding to begin the process for building an interchange at Highway 1A and 22. Once design and engineering are complete, construction is expected to take about two years to complete. (A more detailed project timeline will be available once the design process is complete.) | |