Project Profile:

Highway 13 East of 37th Street is a two lane rural section (no curbs and ditches) with very narrow shoulders. This section of road is showing significant signs of wear and needs attention or the surface will deteriorate to a point where it is not repairable.

With proposed development occurring on the south side of 48th Avenue/Highway 13 east of 39th Street, improvements will also be required to provide for safe business access to those developments.

This project required shifting the alignment of the highway south (away from the railway track) to provide adequate clearance between Highway 13 and the railway track at the Exhibition Drive intersection and the future 35 Street intersection.

The City co-ordinated construction of 48^th Avenue west of Exhibition Drive (within the City), with Alberta Transportations construction of Highway 13 east of Exhibition Drive in order to take advantage of efficiencies in the tendering process, better construction pricing, and a reduction in duplication of work.

The Highway 13 widening project includes the following features:

1. Alberta Transportation Portions (East City Limit to Hwy 56)
   
   
   1. widen driving lanes and shoulders
   2. overlay road sections
   3. intersection improvements both at Hwy 56 and at rural road intersections



2. City of Camrose Portion (39 Street to East City Limit)
   
   
   1. construction of 4 lanes (plus a business access lane) east to exhibition drive
   2. re-align hwy further from railway to improve spacing/safety at intersections
   3. construct intersections for future commercial properties south of Hwy 13
   4. reconstruct and widen Exhibition Drive
   5. upgrade lighting
   6. provide for future signals at exhibition drive
   7. construct a multi use walkway along the south side of the hwy to the CRE

Engineering:

The City of Camrose has selected Stewart Weir & Company Ltd. as the Design Engineer for this project.

Contractor:

DDC Construction was selected as the prime contractor through a public tender process coordinated by Alberta Transportation.

Subcontractors include:

• Underground Utilities - Brooks Asphalt & Aggreggate
• Concrete Work - D&H Concrete
• Paving - Brooks Asphalt & Aggreggate

Budget and Funding:

The total cost of this project is estimated at 4.2 million dollars and will include cost sharing from the City of Camrose, Alberta Transportation, and developers.

The project cost for the Alberta Transportation portion of the project (from the City Limit East to Hwy 56) will be approximately $5,000,000.

Project Status:

Construction on the highway widening was shutdown in early November by weather.

To spite the shutdown several drainage conduits had to be installed across the highway to ensure that drainage would work properly in the spring.

The contractor has prepared and implemented a winter shutdown plan which included grading and smoothing out the ditch slopes, painting a center and shoulder lines, and installing temporary signage. This should ensure that the road can be maintained in reasonable condition throughout the winter months. In the spring a short section of curb and pavement has to be installed at the west end of the project so that traffic can be routed onto the new asphalt. On a temporary basis two way traffic will be contained on the south lanes so that the existing the highway can be modified and the north side of the project completed. This should go very rapidly. Once the north side is completed the road will be opened in it's full configuration. We anticipate that the roadway will be completely finished before the end of June.

Photos:

July 28 2003 - Area before work begins.	July 29 2003 - Grader levelling topsoil pile which will later be used to restore area to previous condition.
July 29 2003 - Motor scrapers removing topsoil from CN excavation pit.	July 29 2003 - Stripping topsoil on the south side of Highway 13.
July 2003 - Stripping topsoil on the south side of Highway 13.	August 14 2003 - Loading dirt for building road to grade.
August 14 2003 - Truck unloading dirt from the borrow pit.	August 14 2003 - Bulldozer levelling off borrow pit material.
August 20 2003 - Installation of storm sewer under service road for future development.	August 20 2003 - Installing storm sewer manhole.
Sept 29 2003 - Truck unloading gravel to prepare the road for paving.	Sept 29 2003 - Gravel piled for application on road base.
Sept 29 2003 - Installation of the wick drain.	Sept 29 2003 - Wick drain installed and fed into storm sewer.
Oct 7 2003 - Concrete being loaded into concrete extruder.	Oct 8 2003 - Curb and gutter stringline and the finished product.
Oct 19 2003 - Asphalt being loaded out of the silo at the asphalt plant.	Oct 21 2003 - The landscapers installing the centerline median trees.

Public Notice:

For More Information Contact the Engineering Department at 672-4428.

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