Tag Archives: Infrastructure
City spending $500,000 more on new bus maintenance
Prince Albert taxpayers are ultimately on the hook for the unexpectedly high maintenance costs for the city's new public transit fleet.City council has agreed to increase the maintenance budget for co...
Aug 23, 2019 The city has agreed to boost payments to its bus maintenance contractor by over $500,000 over the next seven years. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Traffic lights removed in P.A. downtown
Driving around Prince Albert's downtown just got easier.Five sets of traffic lights designated by the city for removal have now been taken down. The support poles were still up, but they're now missin...
Aug 23, 2019 This looks strange. The pole is still standing but the city has removed the traffic lights that were attached to it. This intersection and four others have seen the end of the red, amber and green. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Community will need to raise millions of dollars for new hospital equipment
The Victoria Hospital Foundation (VHF) says there's little the public can do at the moment to prepare for the millions of dollars that will be needed to equip and furnish a new hospital in Prince Albe...
Aug 20, 2019 The community will need to raise millions of dollars for equipment and furnishings once the go ahead is given for the new hospital in Prince Albert. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Finish line in sight for Rotary Trail
The $375,000 in cash allocated from the so-called Husky Energy apology money will not be sufficient to finish the city's Rotary Trail. So, $105,000 of taxpayer money is being used from a reserve fund....
Aug 20, 2019 A recently paved section of the Rotary Trail near the hospital on the west side of town. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
MP wants explanation on P.A. arena funding rejection
Local MP Conservative Randy Hoback, has written to the Minister of Infrastructure in Ottawa following the rejection of an application for federal funding for a proposed multi-plex sports centre in Pri...
Aug 19, 2019 MP for Prince Albert Randy Hoback wants answers from the federal minister of infrastructure. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
How to pay for P.A.'s new hospital?
How is a new hospital in Prince Albert going to be paid for? That crucial question surrounding what will be the biggest infrastructure ticket item in P.A. in recent times remains unknown.While Premier...
Aug 15, 2019 While the provincial government is promising a new hospital for Prince Albert there has been no indication on how to pay for it. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
City crews go to work in school zones
City residents may notice some work going on in school zones.Recently crews went to work installing elevated crosswalks in front of W.J. Berezowsky School in the city's east end.The school sits in Cou...
Aug 14, 2019 City crews put the finishing touches on elevated crosswalks in front of Berezowsky school Wednesday morning. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
PA arena project left out of federal funding allocations
Politicians on all levels for Prince Albert are questioning why the federal government rejected a proposal to help fund a new arena, which they are calling a priority project. Saskatchewan is eligible...
Aug 13, 2019 Federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Francois-Philippe Champagne, seated right, and Saskatchewan Minister Responsible for SaskBuilds Gordon Wyant signed an infrastructure funding agreement on October 3, 2018. (file photo/CJME)
Shellbrook Arena upgrades taking shape
While the summer months tend to be a quiet time for most community arenas this has not been the case in Shellbrook.Contractors and volunteers have been working hard on a couple of projects, including ...
Aug 12, 2019 Workers putting in the new arena floor (Submitted Photograph/Amund Otterson)
P.A. to get federal dollars for detailed flood mapping
Prince Albert is getting some of the million dollars from the federal and provincial governments for flood mapping in Saskatchewan to help with future planning. Meanwhile, a city councillor who repres...
Aug 12, 2019 (File photo/Government of Saskatchewan)
