Reconstruction of Vegreville’s Roads

Rosanne Fortier

News Correspondent

The Town of Vegreville hired Border Paving Ltd. to do reconstruction on the roads and other maintenance on August 12 on the roadways between 51 Street and 48 Avenue and 52 Avenue. As well, as of August 31, re-construction began on 48 Avenue between 52 Street and 53 Street so; traffic has now been blocked from this roadway.

Work on he roadway between 48 Avenue and 52 Street and 53 Street well underway

(Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Kerina Sorochan, Planning and Development Coordinator for Vegreville, said these projects were planned as a single project for the 2020 Capital Works projects which involved sanitary sewer replacement, water main upgrades, sidewalk replacement, and road reconstruction.

“The town budgeted $1,653,000 for the 2020 Capital Works project as they felt it was necessary to do this project because both of these roads surfaces were at the end of their life span and required reconstruction. It is the town’s standard practice to replace water main valves and assess the existing hydrants as well as remove and replace the sidewalks where needed in projects such as these. The sanitary sewer on 51 Street was also at the point of requiring replacement.”