As part of the $2 billion that the government announced last month in response to the COVID-19 recession, the Government of Alberta has put out a list of some of the shovel ready road work projects in store for Central Alberta.

These include:

  • Highway 855 rehabilitation south of Stettler.
  • Highway 9 paving west of Youngstown.
  • Rehabilitation of various highways in Special Areas.
  • LED lighting retrofit in central region.

“Every region of the province has felt the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis and the collapse of energy prices. We are doing everything we can to get Albertans back to work, and these projects will create good jobs for central Albertans while improving driving conditions and ensuring our important transportation corridors are ready to support the region’s businesses and job creators, once the economy recovers.” Ric McIver, Minister of Transportation.

$60 million is also available across the province to help repair potholes and fulfill other critical safety measures. 

Quick Facts:

Alberta has a vast provincial highway network that includes more than 31,400 kilometres of highways (equivalent to nearly 64,000 lane kilometres), of which:

  • almost 28,000 kilometres are paved roads
  • almost 2,500 kilometres are four- and six-lane divided highways
  • The provincial highway network includes almost 4,600 bridge structures, including bridges, overpasses and large-size culverts.
  • Alberta Transportation paves about 900 kilometres of highway every year and rehabilitates or replaces about 50 bridges.

Content provided by the Government of Alberta.