City of Saskatoon s summer construction focused on aging water mains and lead connections
Replacing aging water mains and old connectors made of lead will be the focus of $65 million of major construction projects in Saskatoon by the city this summer.
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Crews are kicking off the annual race to cram in as much work as possible before the snow flies again in Saskatoon. The city made general manager of transportation Terry Schmidt available on Tuesday in a Zoom call to tee up the projects coming our way in this year’s construction season.
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Water main replacements are the centrepiece of this year’s slate of projects. The city plans to replace 23 kilometres’ worth of water and sanitary sewer mains this year. They’ll focus on the Nutana, Caswell Hill, Montgomery and Riversdale neighbourhoods as well as Ruth Street East and 20th Street West.
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The provincial government will have to juggle demands for new funding in the face of strong fiscal headwinds, as it prepares to table another deficit budget on Tuesday.
Premier Scott Moe has framed the 2021-22 fiscal plan as a “recovery budget,” while both he and his finance minister have signalled that the government is likely to jettison the four-year balanced budget pledge it made during election season.
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Jim Farney, head of the politics and international studies department at the University of Regina, doubts the reversal will prove especially damaging for the Saskatchewan Party.
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