Weather sets construction back, but no major delays to city projects expected

Construction and public works crews have seen it all so far this season.

But the City of Regina’s deputy city manager for city operations doesn’t expect the wild weather to throw the whole schedule into disarray.

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“We’ve had snow and rain all in the same day, and that does have an impact on construction projects,” Kurtis Doney said Thursday. “Nothing is being pushed back significantly, but we are seeing slight delays in some of those projects.”

Doney, along with Mayor Chad Bachynski, spoke to reporters at a Public Works Day event at the city’s public works yards on Fifth Avenue.

Doney explained that while there have been small impacts caused by the weather, city crews and contractors should be able to make up the time during June and July.

Last Thursday’s windstorm was one of the more severe events this spring has seen. Doney said downed trees were the biggest impact the city had to deal with.

Regina Mayor Chad Bachynski speaks to reporters at Public Works Day on May 21, 2026. (Geoff Smith/980 CJME)

“We had lots of trees that were down that impacted streets and roads and residents,” he explained. “Some were on public property and some were on private, but (crews) cleaned the streets very well.”

He added some of the construction work around the city was held up by a day or two for safety reasons.

As construction work continues, Bachynski is urging patience.

“At the end of the day, we’re going to see outcomes like Dewdney Avenue, like half of 11th Avenue, which, the other half will be done this year,” he said, “and we’re going to see the city start to get rebuilt in a way that we know it should be. And patience is part of that.”

The event saw around 400 elementary school students from 17 classes visit the yards to see demonstrations of the different aspects of pubilc works, from underground utilities to using 30-foot-high bucket trucks.