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Capital Projects and Construction Updates

In order to ensure a safe, efficient and sustainable transportation, water distribution, wastewater collection, and stormwater network, Engineering Services conducts and/or reviews plans, designs and manages the construction of capital projects. 
Typical capital projects include:

  • upgrading existing infrastructure to provide additional capacity to support future growth and redevelopment
  • rehabilitating and replacing existing assets to maintain an acceptable level of service
  • enhancing or providing a new service, funded wholly or in part by the benefiting area as a “Local Improvement” 

Most capital projects often take several years to complete design, gather public feedback, and construct.  Major capital projects, which are currently underway by Engineering Services include:

 

Project Type Project Specifics Completion Date
Sidewalk/Path/Trail Construction
  • Constructing new sidewalks on the west side of Elk Run Boulevard from Lady MacDonald Drive to Glacier Drive.

Complete
  • Constructing new sidewalk on the west side of 7th Avenue between 10th Street and “the Pond”

Complete
  • Constructing a trail switchback along Spray Lake Road near the Trans-Alta Substation

Summer 2009
  • Widening the sidewalk on the south side of 10th Street between 7th and 6th Avenues

Complete
  • Construction of the Canmore-Banff trail with the Bow Corridor Regional Mobility Partnership

Fall 2010
  • Conceptual design and public consultation for 10th Street between Policeman's Creek and 8th Avenue

Deferred to 2011
  • Install pedestrian signal on Benchlands Trail at Cougar Creek Drive adjacent to Summit Cafe

August 28
  • Pave path Northeast of Benchlands Trail from Elk Run Boulevard to Benchlands Terrace and to Cougar Creek Drive (upper)

Summer 2009
  • Pave "Cougar Commuter" path along Cougar Creek from Elk Run Boulevard to the Trans Canada Highway then to Benchlands Overpass

Summer 2009
Town Centre Enhancements
  • Burial of overhead utility lines throughout the Town Centre

Complete
  • Construct public plaza on 7th Avenue in front of the Civic Centre and an expansion of the pedestrian realm on 6th Avenue in front of the Rotary Friendship Park

Oct 2009
Street/Stormwater Reconstruction
  • Reconstructing roadways and stormwater facilities, and replacing underground utilities on Three Sisters Drive and MacDonald Place

Aug 2009
  • Designing integrated road and stormwater improvements in South Canmore

Fall 2009
  • Designing improvements on Railway Avenue (between Main Street and Gateway Avenue)

Fall 2009
  • Designing road improvements along Mountain Avenue

2009
  • Rehabilitating various roadways throughout Town with asphalt overlays (or mills and inlays) and microsurfacing, as part of an annual pavement management program. Work will occur on the following streets:
  • Cougar Creek Drive
  • Industrial Place
  • Rummel Place
  • Olympic Drive
  • Ray McBride Street

August 14
Stormwater Management
  • Designing conveyance and infiltration facilities to manage stormwater from the Western Basin

2009
  • Designing improvements on Cougar Creek for erosion and sediment control

2009
  • Install new stormwater treatment and infiltration facilities at 100 -200 Larch (Larch Lake)

Complete
  • Addressing stormwater drainage ponding issues on the pathway at the Policeman’s Creek trail junction with Pinewoods Crescent

Complete
  • Constructing an infiltration basin and enhancement of an existing swale along 6th Ave (north of 10th Street), along with an overflow outlet to Policeman's Creek

Complete
Other Major Studies
  • In partnership with the Town of Banff and Improvement District #9 apply to the Province for the creation of Regional Services Commission for Regional Transit in the Bow Valley

Spring 2010
Upcoming Projects In addition to continuing the implementation of uncompleted projects, additional work proposed in the 2009 Budget for Council approval include:
  • Designing infiltration facilities to manage stormwater from the Palliser and Silvertip areas

Fall 2009
  • Designing integrated roadway and stormwater improvements on Bow Valley Trail (from 17th Street to Montane Road)

Fall 2009