Category: Road Construction

As part of the Athabasca County Bridge Management Program, Athabasca County will be replacing the bridge culvert on TWP RD 675, east of RGE RD 235. This work will start Monday, February 13, 2023, and is expected to be completed by late March 2023. TWP RD 675 will remain open during construction. All traffic must…

UPDATE – November 22, 2022 The bridge structure located on Township Road 720 between Range Roads 163 & 164, adjacent to legal locations SE 4-72-16-W4 & NE 33-71-16-W, has been reopened with a speed limit reduction of 30km/h. Signage has been posted to notify the travelling public. Please contact Infrastructure Services with any concerns or…

Please be advised a contractor will be conducting a geotechnical investigation for the proposed replacement of bridge BF70502. Traffic on Twp Rd 642 between RR 213 & RR 214 will be reduced to one lane on October 17 & 18, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Traffic accommodation will be in place. Please follow…

Asphalt Removals, Gravel Placement & Paving July 10 – 20, 2022 7:00 am – 7:00 pm Athabasca County & Peterson Construction Ltd. wish to advise you that construction at Blue Heron Estates is scheduled to begin on approximately July 10, 2022. Minor detours will be required throughout the project affecting the normal movement of traffic…

Please be advised that an unexpected repair is scheduled for the Colinton water line system on Friday, March 4, 2022. What to Expect: 1) Starting in the morning, and through the afternoon, users of the system may experience fluctuations or loss of water pressure. 2) Once the repairs have been completed, a flushing of the…

South Athabasca Road & Aspen Ridge road will be rehabilitated with a chip seal over the next month.  A Chip seal is a pavement surface treatment that combines one or more layer of asphalt with one or more layer of fine aggregate. The process includes spray crack repair, base repair where needed, chip seal, and…

Please be advised that Range Road 192 (between Highway 63 and the Grassland Connector) will be closed beginning at 9 am on Thursday, October 15th, 2020, for a centreline culvert replacement. It is anticipated the repair will be completed in one day, however, work may carry over to Friday, October 16th. The road will be…

PROJECT UPDATE Athabasca County will be concluding bridge maintenance work on Twp Rd 665.5 East of Highway 2 (just south of the Hutterite Brethren of Athabasca). Due to delays experienced with the project, equipment has been rescheduled to conduct final work on the bridge on Monday, June 29th.   The road will be closed for…

Athabasca County is beginning work on three roads near or within Grassland today. The work is to improve drainage by cleaning the ditches along the roads and improving the surface of the roads. There are four roads that will see work take place: Peper Road Clean ditch along both sides of RR 183 north to…

The residents of Colinton will be experiencing intermittent water shut-offs over the next five days. Work is being done to repair some minor leaks to the water distribution system in the hamlet prior to paving. This will necessitate digging up the roadway where the leaks are present, repairing them, replacing the fill material and preparing…