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With Regina’s construction season getting underway, residents of the Queen City will have an extra tool available to help map out their commutes.
The City of Regina has launched an online map that includes updates on when and where construction projects are taking place.
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“We’ve had an internal map for many years, and we’re just looking to be more transparent and to give more information to residents,” said Kurtis Doney, deputy city manager of city operations. “It’s an excellent tool that we’ve built, developed in house.”
Doney said the map was created over the past year, modeled after other maps available in cities like Saskatoon and Calgary.
“I think it’s going to be a great, transparent tool for residents to see the volume of work that we are accomplishing within the city, but also the ability to plan ahead,” said Mayor Chad Bachynski.
The City of Regina said it has invested $244 million into construction projects and upgrades this year.
Workers will also be on the construction sites longer this year, with the city expanding its construction hours. Doney said the hours now stretch from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on 11th Avenue and in some residential areas.
“Expanded construction hours is one tool in our toolbox to get as much work as done as we can in the short construction season,” he said.
The city’s construction season usually runs until November when the cold weather moves in.
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Workers will undertake seven major projects in the Regina this year, and work has already begun on five of them.
The Dewdney Avenue Corridor Revitalization is expected to be almost complete by November, according to Doney.
The Dewdney Avenue revitalization is expected to wrap up at the end of this year. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
The two-year project, which runs between Albert Street and Broad Street, will include a new road surface, better lighting, multi-purpose outdoors spaces and landscaping.
While some businesses along Dewdney have struggled during the construction period, Bachynski said city staff are working to help inform people that businesses are open and let them know how to get there.
“There’s a lot of collaboration going on,” he said. “To be honest, the sentiment that I’m hearing now is people are starting to look forward to the completion. They’re seeing what that vision looks like.”
The city will also continue work in conjunction with SaskPower and SaskTel on the 11th Avenue Revitalization Project, updating underground infrastructure and pipes.
A two-year project to demolish and rebuild the Albert Street north overpass began on the southbound road this year, and will conclude when construction on the northbound lanes finishes in 2026.
Other workers will spend the season upgrading Park Street’s road and adding sidewalks. Plus, the city’s water network expansion will come wrap up at the end of this year.
City management said residents can expect 21 kilometres of improvements to residential roads and 220 city-owned lead water connections to be taken offline.
In a news release, the city said it will release the details of two additional projects closer to the dates when crews will break ground.
