By Chris Carr

No north bridge for Saskatoon in 2016

Nov 26, 2013 | 11:15 AM

Plans to have a new commuter bridge open in Saskatoon's north end by 2016 are hitting a roadblock.

Saskatoon Mayor Don Atchison said the city is still looking for funding from both the provincial and federal governments.

Ottawa is considering it, but at this point the Government of Saskatchewan is not. At least not yet.

“We've got our application in to the federal government for P3s, and they've accepted as an intake. We're still waiting to hear back from the province, so we've missed the December intake,” said Atchison.

The next intake is in March. But that pushes everything back.

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“Now it will be hard-pressed for 2017, 2018 to have it open. And we're talking in that time frame, another 45, 000 that are going to have to use the Circle Drive north bridge,” Atchison said.

Atchison encourages frustrated drivers to contact their MLA.

“These are projects that are critical to the financial well-being, not only to the city, but to the province, because in business, time is money, and on top of it, people don't want to move to communities that are congested, that's why they leave Toronto. They're not interested in a 90 minute, or a two-hour commute,” Atchison added.

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