By News Room
The second of a three-year, $15 million drainage improvement project begins Monday in the North Central community.
“This major drainage project will help prevent ponding during large storms and reduce the risk of basement and street flooding to over 450 homes within the neighbourhood,” says Kim Onrait, Executive Director of Citizen Services.
The project includes removal of asphalt and sidewalks, digging a trench in the road to remove the existing storm sewer mains, installing new pipes and water service connections, repaving the road and repairing curbs, gutters, and impacted portions of private yards.
In 2021, work will occur in five phases along Athol Street, between Pony Park and 2nd Avenue, and west along 2nd Avenue to Wascana Street. The City will advise residents of each phase, along with necessary closures and restrictions.
By Mitchell Blair
Apr 11, 2021 10:01 AM
It is beginning to sound as if some activity will be happening on the Dewdney railyards that will connect downtown to the warehouse district.
Talk of a new events centre and a ballpark have piqued the interest of the Regina Warehouse District who feel that economic activity will be a huge positive for them and the city as a whole.
Executive Director Leasa Gibbons says there has been some work on the railyards, but it is work no one has really heard about.
“It’s not the sexy stuff that has been happening.” Gibbons said. “It’s the environmental stuff so it is nice now to see the stuff that we want to see and we can talk about it. Anytime you have a situation like this is a district growing up around it like the Forks in Winnipeg with their ballpark or the Ice District in Edmonton with Rogers Place. All of these things form a synergy.
By Mitchell Blair
Apr 10, 2021 5:15 PM
Parts of east and east-central Saskatchewan including Yorkton, Melville, Nipawin, Melfort, Humboldt, Esterhazy and Hudson Bay are under a snowfall warning.
Environment Canada says the first of a pair of low pressure systems will begin affecting southern Saskatchewan Saturday night bringing significant precipitation to the northeastern grainbelt. Most areas will see a period of rain overnight or Sunday morning, but as temperatures cool, heavy snow is expected to set in through the day and continue into Sunday night. This first wave of moisture will bring 15 to 25 cm of snow to the area by early Monday.
Saskatchewan WInter Games looking for financial aid from city By Mitchell Blair
Apr 10, 2021 2:32 PM
The 2022 Saskatchewan Winter Games are scheduled to be held in Regina next February, but the event is having a tough time getting sponsors.
During a meeting of Executive Committee this week, board chair Valerie Sluth said they have only found $75,000 in sponsorship and a deficit of $350,000 in budget planning.
Sluth is asking the city for $100,000. $50,000 would be a grant coming out of an Events, Convention and Tradeshows fund while another $50,000 would be what is being called an “in-kind donation” of rental fees for facilities that will be used during the course of the event.