Alberta is accelerating infrastructure and transportation projects across the province to get thousands back to work and the economy back on track.
From renovating schools to repaving highways and upgrading bridges and culverts, hundreds of shovel-ready projects are moving ahead to create jobs and ensure important infrastructure is ready to support communities and job creators as the economy reopens.
In the first week of May, Alberta Infrastructure and Alberta Transportation together announced $426 million in capital maintenance and renewal funding to accelerate repairs and improvements that will support more than 3200 jobs. Government is quadrupling this year’s budget for pothole repairs and other critical safety-related activities by adding $60 million provincewide, which will support another 360 jobs.
“Every region of the province has felt the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis and the collapse of energy prices. Road maintenance work will keep companies moving, extend the life of our infrastructure and provide more value for taxpayers. We are doing everything we can to get Albertans back to work, and these projects will create thousands of good jobs for Albertans in the short term while improving driving conditions and ensuring our important transportation corridors are ready to support the province’s businesses and job creators, once the economy recovers,” said Ric McIver, Minister of Transportation.
Project include:
- five new schools in Calgary, Cochrane, Legal and Edmonton starting fall 2020.
26 additional schools remain under construction and 47 are in the design and planning stages. - repaving highways, and replacing and rehabilitating bridges in southern Alberta.
- repaving highways, rebuilding bridges and upgrading culverts in north central and northeastern Alberta.
- repaving highways, regrading roads, and upgrading the Peace River Correctional Centre and courthouse in northwestern Alberta.
- upgrading the Red Deer Provincial Building, Roland Mitchener Recreation Centre and Lac La Biche provincial building.
- repairing potholes and other critical safety-related activities provincewide.
