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Rigby Street – On the weekend of May 5-6, Regina Bypass will be re-surfacing Rigby Street, weather permitting.
Main Street Access – Our Bypass Team will be removing the main street access by mid May, weather permitting.
Motorists can expect speed reductions and short delays during this short construction period. We thank you for your patience and understanding.
For more information on the Regina Bypass project, please contact the 24-Hour Call Centre at 1-844-679-4828, visit our website at reginabypass.ca or follow us on Twitter @reginabypass.
Public Notice
Invitation to Tender – Arena Canteen
Invitation to Tender
Town of Balgonie – Arena Canteen
Tenders for the Canteen operation at the Balgonie Arena will be received at the Town of Balgonie Office, 129 Railway Street E. or mailed to Box 310, Balgonie, SK S0G 0E0 until Friday, March 9, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. Canteen facility is located in the Balgonie arena on Highway 364 within the Town of Balgonie.
The Canteen operator is to ensure management and staffing of the canteen and provision of food and beverage services starting May 7, 2018 to April 30, 2021. The Balgonie arena is an active arena with regularly scheduled and special events. Typically, the winter sports season is from September 1 to March 31. The spring and summer season is booked from April 1 to July 15 with Ball Hockey and special events.
The Canteen contains onsite refrigeration, freezer, grill, deep-fryer, food preparation area and two storage rooms. A contract for beverage service is between the Canteen operator and Coca Cola. The successful bidder will adhere to the Town’s current bottling company. The Town of Balgonie will make necessary repairs to equipment provided and as identified by the Canteen operator. Canteen operator is to ensure that all health and safety regulations are followed. Utility expenses will be paid for by the Town of Balgonie. Hours of canteen operation will be based on facility usage.
The bids will be opened and the successful bid will be selected by Town Council at their regular public meeting on March 12, 2018. Bidders are encouraged to supply information regarding their experience in food service delivery and provide proof of food handling course. Bids should include the proposed monthly fee to be paid to the Town of Balgonie for use of the arena’s fully equipped canteen facility.
The highest bid will not necessarily be the accepted offer.
Remembrance Day Service
Important Detour
On Thursday November 2nd, 2017 maintenance will be taking place on the CP Rail track on Highway 364.
TEMPORARY CLOSURE from 9a.m.-3p.m.
Please see detour map below.
Thank you for your patience.
Statement from the Council of the Town of Balgonie
The Town of Balgonie has met with members of the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure on multiple occasions to discuss their decision on the closure of Main Street and its impact on our town. The closure has been a great loss to the vitality of our Town and has created emergency response considerations as well as impacting traffic patterns within our community.
The Ministry and its engineers are unwavering in their view that the intersection, including “Right In/Right Out” at Main Street, must close. The rationale given by the Ministry is that there is not enough room between Highway 10 and Main Street and between Main Street and Highway 46 to design a safe access. The distances between the bypass and the Highway 10 overpass have made it impossible, by today’s engineering standards, to accommodate this access point.
The Ministry engaged an outside engineer to review any possibility of retaining a “Right In/Right Out” at Main Street in Balgonie. The engineer also reviewed the options presented by Council at the September 25th meeting with the Ministry of Highways. His review concluded the same results that were presented to the Town by the Ministry of Highways. There was no safe way to keep the access from Highway 1 at Main Street.
While this closure is a great loss to our community, the Town and the Ministry have discussed work which will be done to address the impact on traffic operations and emergency responses. Both the parties have agreed to a gated access for emergency vehicles and evacuation. The safety of the Town residents and the response times for our emergency personnel is paramount. The work on a temporary gated access will begin very soon and the planning has been initiated for permanent remote controlled access for emergency response purposes. Additionally, the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure has agreed to provide the Town with certain improvements to our roads, lighting and traffic controls within our Town. This will be important as the Town is impacted by the closure and these measures will assist the municipality in responding to these challenges.
The Town Council would like to acknowledge the efforts of, and thank the local community residents and the “Save our Main Street” group for their determination in having the issues of Balgonie heard. Progress has been made in the discussions with the Ministry of Highways—this progress would not have been possible without the community voicing concerns. The Town and the Ministry are working towards a Memorandum of Understanding which will outline the details of the negotiations.
Paving
The Regina Bypass Design Builders will be paving the Grid Road from Highway 46 to Highway 364. In order to do the job in a timely matter, this entire road will be closed from Tuesday, October 10 at 8:00 a.m. until Friday, October 13th.
The closure will include the entrance from the Grid to Herauf Street.
Local traffic from Highway 46 to the 3 acreages on the west end of the Grid Road will be the only permitted traffic.
Once this project is complete, the crew will move over to work on the Service Road from Highway 364 to Main Street. Service Road will be closed from Friday, October 13 at 8:00 a.m. to Saturday, October 14, at 8:00 p.m.
The project times may vary and are weather dependent. Please stay off of these roads and obey the closure signs so that the crews can do the work in a timely manner.
Statement from the Town of Balgonie Council
The Town of Balgonie endorsed the Balgonie portion of the Bypass project from the inception of the project. There were extreme safety concerns on Highway 1 and the level crossings from Highway 46 and the level crossing at Main Street. Too many fatalities and injuries have occurred at these locations with the increased traffic on these highways and the increased permitted speeds from 100 kph to 110 kph the potential for future accidents continues to increase. The new bypass will address these cross over issues.
The Town of Balgonie was presented with some preliminary designs (2010 to 2013) which indicated the Right in/Right out access would remain at Main Street in Balgonie and that the centre median would be closed for cross over traffic.
The plan indicating the closure at Main Street in both directions was only presented to the town residents on September 2014 with no pre-consultation or notice of the concept change. In response, the Town of Balgonie sent a letter to the Ministry of Highways in October 2014 expressing the dissatisfaction with the total closure of the access at Main Street. The impacts
noted included access, economic and emergency responses.
In the time since, the Town has continued to request the Right In/Right Out at Main Street and made several appeals to the Ministry on behalf of the local residents to find a reasonable solution. Additionally, the Town requested that the Ministry of Highways hold public consultations regarding the proposed closure of Main Street. There were no opportunities provided by the Ministry for public consultations. Open houses started to occur in 2016—long after the closure was presented on paper and after the Ministry decided to close the access.
Balgonie Main Street Closure Meeting
The Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure will be holding a public meeting on Wednesday, September 20, 2017.
Due to the Ministry’s concerns for safety, we will not be revisiting the decision to close the Main Street access on Highway 1. Instead, we want to develop solutions to mitigate the impact of the closure on local business and emergency services.
The meeting will take place from 7pm to 8pm at the Balgonie Baptist Church.
