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Cranbrook, BC (March 12, 2024) – Several key projects highlight a preliminary list of capital works projects for the 2024 construction season in Cranbrook. Administration provided a high-level overview of these projects, and updates on others to Council at their regular meeting on Monday night.

Around the proposed 2024 paving program, staff continue to closely monitor the condition of all City streets as the continued freeze and thaw cycles we have been experiencing continue to cause some significant failures across the community. These continued cycles severely weaken the base gravel under the roads and are creating these major failures.

Staff will continue to closely monitor the streets this spring and work with Public Works to determine which roads that can be patched and identify those that need larger capital works replacement. Based on the current failures found across Cranbrook, two priority locations for replacement include the intersection of 6th Street NW and Industrial Road 1, and significant lengths of the outside lanes of Victoria Avenue from Highway 3 to Western Financial Place.

“Other locations may become the priority depending on what happens over the next month with the current cycles of freezing and thawing,” says Curtis Mummery, Manager of Roads and Infrastructure. “The final list of locations for our paving program will be determined once this cycle is complete, and we can make the final assessments. We will continue to use our asset management practices and principles to prioritize the projects we will undertake this year.” 

The reconstruction of 12th Avenue South from 2nd Street South to 3rd Street South is currently out for Request For Proposals (RFP) and is expected to close on March 28, 2024, with a mandatory site meeting set for March 12, 2024, for interested contractors. This project is proposed to include new watermain and all new services to each property line, curb, gutter and sidewalk, updated drainage infrastructure and new hot mix asphalt paving.

The watermain crossing project at Highway 95 near Denham Ford and Sandor Rental, is also currently out for Request for Proposal (RFP) which closes at the end of this week. The new watermain crossing the highway will be in a steel casing for easy future access to repairs and maintenance, as the existing line is undersized and in poor condition. The project is expected to start in April and completed by the end of May 2024.

Currently, phase 2 of the lagoons bypass pipe construction is moving forward at a steady pace, with Copcan Civil LP on track to complete the work on schedule, with remaining special-order materials and equipment either on site or in transit.

Work remaining from phase 1 is substantially complete with some minor clean up and finishing work once the weather conditions improve.

Several key milestones in the phase 2 work are complete with the two control chambers being installed, which control the elevation of the water in the lagoon cells. Still underway with this project is phase 2 bypass piping with about 150m remaining to install, and completing the lagoon cell tie-ins. The contractor will also install the slide gates and stop logs inside the control chambers and complete the final commissioning and electrical controls with both site cleanup and final grading to wrap up the project.