MOOSE JAW - City hall has reopened the 1000 and 1100 blocks of Coteau Street West after replacing underground water infrastructure there, but not everyone is pleased with how the city left the streets.
During the Sept. 9 regular city council meeting, Coun. Doug Blanc said the city had fully paved those streets where the work had been completed but only completed a section in front of the Extendicare assisted living centre. He wondered why the city didn’t fully pave that road considering residents liked the rest of the street.
The operations department usually performs a full road overlay at locations where crews remove 50 per cent of the road, or where the street is in such poor condition that a full mill and overlay are required, said director Bevan Harlton.
With this location, which was only half a block, crews installed new feeder mains but did not replace the water mains, so they paved the trench and left the rest of the road with its previously laid asphalt, he continued.
“We’ll assess (that road) next year,” Harlton added.
Wellington Road
Coun. Dawn Luhning said residents had contacted her about heavy trucks driving on Wellington Drive, which recently received new pavement. She wondered if city administration had discovered anything about that situation or planned to inform truckers that they should use a different route.
“The city has some concerns … with a lot of heavy truck traffic circulating on the new pavement close to Westheath. It is something we’re addressing,” said city manager Maryse Carmichael.
She added that she wasn’t sure who to contact about that issue but noted that city hall was working to ensure that that street did not become a heavy truck route.
Wakamow Valley
Since the province is expected to start rehabilitation work on Ninth Avenue Southwest this fall, archaeologists have been digging adjacent to that area and studying the artifacts they have been finding, said Coun. Crystal Froese. She visited the site this summer and saw some of the items they had found.
The councillor wondered if the City of Moose Jaw could access the report that the archeology crew planned to produce since it could contain valuable information for the municipality and Wakamow Valley Authority.
Harlton replied that he would follow up with the province and ask for that report once it has been created.
The next regular council meeting is Monday, Sept. 23.
