Warm weather helps paving along
A long stretch of warmer weather brought a boost to Prince Albert’s paving season.
Paving work has continued deeper into October than usual – in a normal year, work ceases after Thanksgiving due to the coming cold weather.
In the last 10 days, Mayor Greg Dionne said the City has been catching up on its scheduled paving work. Wet weather, contractor scheduling conflicts and a rash of water main breaks earlier this year led to delays to road repair projects.
“I was out last weekend and B&B [Asphalt, the contractor] was working on five or six different sites at a time. They had, I think, every one of their workers out. I was very impressed [with] how B&B is trying to react to the poor weather,” Dionne said, and added they will work as hard as they can until “freeze-up.”