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By Dawson Thompson

Council Briefs

Little Red pedestrian bridge replacement, fireworks bylaw and other civic news

Aug 19, 2021 | 2:00 PM

Prince Albert city council discussed several topics during Monday’s meeting and moved forward on many including a construction company being awarded the project of replacing pedestrian bridges at Little Red River Park, changes to a bylaw restricting fireworks being lit in the city, and a recommendation for the city’s positive story telling marketing strategy.

Little Red River Park pedestrian bridge replacement

PCL Construction Management, with offices in Saskatoon, was awarded the Little Red River Park pedestrian bridge replacement project which will focus on three different bridges. The Sliding Hill bridge, Lions Gate, and the Sports Council bridges. PCL came in with the lowest bid for the project at just over $1.5 million. This was unanimously passed by council.

It should also be noted that along with the construction of the pedestrian bridges, the Rotary Adventure Park is also in its final design phase. The park will require the completion of the Sliding Hill bridge for access.

“It makes sense to do all three [bridges],” Councillor Tony Head said at the meeting. “If we wait on the third one it looks like the cost would be a lot more than what is being presented here, so I’m happy to support this motion.”

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Bylaw for fireworks in the city

A few changes are intended to be made to an existing bylaw regarding fireworks in the city.

“It seems to be a constant problem. It is actually against our bylaw to shoot fireworks off, but we need to make some changes,” Mayor Greg Dionne said.

The current bylaw says fireworks cannot be discharged on public property and can result in a court appearance. Changes to the bylaw will include a ticket to be presented on scene.

“It is a major issue in our city, and we are going to be providing an education program saying that is illegal to shoot fireworks and we intend to take action,” Dionne added. “It does have to stop. We will be bringing a report with a new bylaw to council to make it a ticketing item, so then we don’t have to go to court, we can just issue a ticket and they can pay a fine.”

Positive Storytelling Marketing Strategy

Four companies sent in applications to compete for the positive storytelling marketing strategy project.

The four proposals were from Aspen Films, Campfire Stories, Capstone Community Marketing, and Pattison Media.

The successful bidder will be committed to creating and sharing content that will help change the perception of residents and non-residents alike who may hold a negative opinion of Prince Albert.

No decision has been made on which proposal will be accepted. The topic was referred to a future management committee.

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***Editors Note: This story was updated on Friday, Aug. 20 to correct an error in a previous version. Aspen Films, a Prince Albert based company, was not awarded the Positive Storytelling Marketing Strategy project as previously reported. The successful bidder has not yet been chosen.

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