Infrastructure Services

Roads

Roads are a priority for Athabasca County. Each year the municipality directs resources towards the upkeep of existing roads, improving others and clearing snow from them in the winter.

Our focus is road safety. With over 2,400 kilometres of roads to maintain, we have to prioritize projects spanning from all over the County, both big and small.

Weekly Grading Reports

These reports show our grader operator’s routes when performing gravel road maintenance throughout the county. Please note that the maps may not always reflect the actual activity in specific areas due to equipment substitution when a grader is in the shop for service.

Backslopping

The Agricultural Service Board has a Roadside Backsloping program that promotes the improvement of roadsides for water management and weed and brush control.

Interested landowners can approach the Service Board to request the County perform the work or they can complete the work themselves, receiving $1,500 in compensation per half mile of backsloping.

Provincial Highways

Athabasca County has within its boundaries an extensive network of roads and highways that ensure the safe, efficient movement of goods and people throughout the region. The list of provincial highways within Athabasca County that are maintained by Alberta Transportation include all one, two and three-digit highways:

  • Highway 2,
  • Highway 55,
  • Highway 63,
  • Highway 661,
  • Highway 663,
  • Highway 812,
  • Highway 813,
  • Highway 827,
  • Highway 831 and
  • Highway 855 (gravel).

 

If you have any question about provincial highways, please visit Alberta Transportation.