News Releases

NEW

CIRCLE DR WB CURB (OUTSIDE) & EB MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANES CLOSED AT 1ST AVE
(Manhole inspections)
1^st Ave SB will be closed as well, use 42^nd A St. for access
Start: September 2, 9:00 a.m. End: September 2, 10:00 a.m.

22ND ST W WB MEDIAN (INSIDE) & CENTRE LANES/EB CURB (OUTSIDE) LANE CLOSED FROM AVE U N TO AVE T N
(Manhole inspections)
Start: September 2, 1:15 p.m. End: September 2, 3:15 p.m.

22ND ST W WB/EB CURB (OUTSIDE) & MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANES CLOSED APPROACHING AVE C
(Manhole inspections)
22^nd St W EB median lane open
Start: September 2, 3:15 p.m. End: September 2, 4:15 p.m.

NIGHT WORK: CIRCLE DR S WB/EB CURB (OUTSIDE) & CENTRE LANES CLOSED ON CIRCLE DR S BRIDGE
(Bridge deck sealing)
Start: September 2, 9:00 p.m. End: September 3, 7:00 a.m.

ONGOING

NIGHT WORK: CIRCLE DR EB/WB MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANES CLOSED APPROACHING CIRCLE DR N BRIDGE
(Bridge deck sealing)
Start: September 1, 9:00 p.m. End: September 2, 5:00 a.m.

HIGHWAY 11/CIRCLE DR SB MEDIAN (INSIDE) & CENTRE LANES CLOSED UNDER THE HWY 16 OVERPASS
(Girder repair)
Start: September 1, 7:00 a.m. End: September 5, 5:00 p.m.

IDYLWYLD DR N/HIGHWAY 16 NB & SB LANE RESTRICTIONS FROM 51ST ST E TO MARQUIS DR W
(Hwy 16 flyover repair)
Start: July 13, 9:00 a.m. End: September 11, 5:00 p.m.

HWY 11/16 WB OVERPASS CLOSED AT CLOVERLEAF INTERSECTION
(Overpass repair)
Two EB lanes and one WB lane will be maintained on the EB overpass
Start: July 24, 7:00 a.m. End: September 30, 5:00 p.m.

MELVILLE ST EB LANES CLOSED FROM LORNE AVE TO BRAND RD
(Force main installation)
Start: August 24, 7:00 a.m. End: October 30, 5:00 p.m.

All restrictions will be lifted as indicated, weather permitting and barring any unforeseen circumstances.

Slow down, pay attention and respect work zones. Watch for pedestrians and work crews, and for everyone’s safety, please obey all detours, signs and barriers.

Know before you go! Plan your route around road work by checking our Road Restrictions and Construction Projects interactive map. Find traffic detour information and subscribe to Traffic Detour Service Alerts at saskatoon.ca/service-alerts. You can also follow us on Twitter @YXEServiceAlert and with #betterroadsYXE and like Saskatoon City News on Facebook.

The following are the hours of civic services and facilities for Labour Day on Monday, September 7, 2015:

City Hall will be closed.

Parking meters will not require payment.  Motorists are required to move their vehicles within the time period shown on parking meters, allowing for a constant turnover of parking availability.

Municipal Impound Lot will not be releasing vehicles to the public.

Saskatoon Landfill will be open with regular summer hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The West Compost Depot will be open with regular hours of 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The East Compost Depot will be open with regular hours of 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Garbage, Recycling and Leaves & Grass collection will take place as scheduled.

All Saskatoon Public Library locations will be closed.

The Saskatoon Civic Conservatory will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Admission is free.

TRANSIT SERVICES

Saskatoon Transit will operate with regular Sunday/Holiday Service.

Access Transit will operate with regular Holiday Service from 8:15 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.  Trips must be booked in advance as per normal procedures.  Customers are reminded that subscriptions do not apply on Statutory Holidays.

Transit Customer Service Centre will be closed.

Transit Customer Service phone lines will be available from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

RECREATION & SPORT

Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo
Open during regular hours (Zoo: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Park: 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.)

Golf Courses (Holiday Park, Silverwood, Wildwood)
Open during regular hours (dawn to dusk)

Cosmo Civic Centre
CLOSED

Fitness Circuit & Terry Fox Track (in the SaskTel Sports Centre)
CLOSED

Lakewood Civic Centre
Open 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
All fitness classes and child minding CANCELLED

Lawson Civic Centre
Open 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
All fitness classes and swim lessons CANCELLED

Saskatoon Field House
Open 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
All fitness classes and child minding CANCELLED
Holiday Spin & Sculpt Class 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Shaw Centre
Open 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
All fitness classes and child minding CANCELLED

Harry Bailey Aquatic Centre
Open 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
All fitness classes CANCELLED

For modified Lane, Public and Parent & Tot Swim times, please visit Drop-in Online at www.saskatoon.ca/dropinonline.  For more information on operating hours and programs, please contact the leisure centres or facilities.

NEW

HIGHWAY 11/CIRCLE DR SB MEDIAN (INSIDE) & CENTRE LANES CLOSED UNDER THE HWY 16 OVERPASS
(Girder repair)
Start: September 1, 7:00 a.m. End: September 5, 5:00 p.m.

NIGHT WORK: CIRCLE DR EB/WB MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANES CLOSED APPROACHING CIRCLE DR N BRIDGE
(Bridge deck sealing)
Start: September 1, 9:00 p.m. End: September 2, 5:00 a.m.

ONGOING

IDYLWYLD DR N/HIGHWAY 16 NB & SB LANE RESTRICTIONS FROM 51ST ST E TO MARQUIS DR W
(Hwy 16 flyover repair)
Start: July 13, 9:00 a.m. End: September 11, 5:00 p.m.

HWY 11/16 WB OVERPASS CLOSED AT CLOVERLEAF INTERSECTION
(Overpass repair)
Two EB lanes and one WB lane will be maintained on the EB overpass
Start: July 24, 7:00 a.m. End: September 30, 5:00 p.m.

MELVILLE ST EB LANES CLOSED FROM LORNE AVE TO BRAND RD
(Force main installation)
Start: August 24, 7:00 a.m. End: October 30, 5:00 p.m.

All restrictions will be lifted as indicated, weather permitting and barring any unforeseen circumstances.

Slow down, pay attention and respect work zones. Watch for pedestrians and work crews, and for everyone’s safety, please obey all detours, signs and barriers.

Know before you go! Plan your route around road work by checking our Road Restrictions and Construction Projects interactive map. Find traffic detour information and subscribe to Traffic Detour Service Alerts at saskatoon.ca/service-alerts. You can also follow us on Twitter @YXEServiceAlert and with #betterroadsYXE and like Saskatoon City News on Facebook.

Drivers are reminded that reduced speed limits in elementary and secondary school zones will be in effect starting on Tuesday, September 1, 2015. The maximum speed limit in school zones is 30 kilometres per hour (km/h) from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, September 1 to June 30. No exceptions are made for statutory holidays or school breaks.

“Twelve seconds is all the additional time it takes to drive through a school zone at 30 km/h instead of 50 km/h. A child’s safety is worth more than 12 seconds,” says Jay Magus, Engineering Manager, Transportation. “The limit is designed to give drivers more time to react and brake in an emergency – such as when a child runs out unexpectedly onto the street.”

The penalty for speeding in a school zone is a fine starting at $192 and SGI demerit points. In 2014, 3,061 drivers were caught speeding through school zones; according to SGI there were a total of 10 collisions or incidents which resulted in 4 injuries.

As well as reduced speed limits in school zones, U-turns are prohibited, parking is allowed in designated areas only and stopping or parking is not allowed in a school bus loading zone.

Residents are reminded SGIs automated speed enforcement pilot project continues with one camera rotating through the following five school zones:

• St. Michael Community School, 22 33rd Street East
• École Henry Kelsey School, 16 Valens Drive
• Brownell/St. Angela, Russell Road
• École Canadienne-Française, 1407 Albert Avenue (zone on Clarence Avenue between 3rd and 5th Streets)
• Mother Teresa/Silverspring, Konihowski Road

Posted signs clearly indicate where Automated Speed Enforcement is in use.

For more City of Saskatoon Public Service Announcements, News Releases, Traffic Detours and Service Alerts, visit www.saskatoon.ca or connect with the City of Saskatoon on Twitter and Facebook.

The provincial ban on pruning elm trees ends Tuesday, September 1, 2015.  Every year the ban is in place from April 1 to August 31 to ensure that elm bark beetles, which transmit Dutch elm disease (DED), were not attracted to freshly-pruned trees when the beetles are most active. 

The provincial DED regulations also restrict elm storage because elm wood, especially firewood, is the habitat for the elm bark beetle.  At any time of the year, elm branches, logs, and firewood must be taken to the nearest approved disposal site.  In Saskatoon, the landfill is the only site approved for elm disposal.  Movement of infected firewood is the most likely way that DED would be brought into Saskatoon. 

In July 2015, the first case of DED was identified in Saskatoon.  To contain the disease, the infected tree was removed.  By following the provincial regulations, and maintaining trees on your private property, all citizens can help prevent the spread of DED in Saskatoon. 

For more information, visit www.saskatoon.ca/trees  

For more City of Saskatoon Public Service Announcements, News Releases, Traffic Detours and Service Alerts, visit www.saskatoon.ca or connect with the City of Saskatoon on Twitter and Facebook.

NEW

CIRCLE DR WB CENTRE LANE CLOSED AT IDYLWYLD DR N
(Manhole flushing)
Start: August 31, 5:00 a.m. End: August 31, 7:00 a.m.

CENTRAL AVE SB/NB LANE RESTRICTIONS APPROACHING 104TH ST W
(Road paving)
Two-way traffic set up in NB lanes
Start: August 31, 9:00 a.m. End: August 31, 4:00 p.m.

NIGHT WORK: CIRCLE DR EB/WB CURB (OUTSIDE) LANES CLOSED AT CIRCLE DR NORTH BRIDGE
(Bridge deck sealing)
Start: August 31, 9:00 p.m. End: September 1, 5:00 a.m.

ONGOING

IDYLWYLD DR N/HIGHWAY 16 NB & SB LANE RESTRICTIONS FROM 51ST ST E TO MARQUIS DR W
(Hwy 16 flyover repair)
Start: July 13, 9:00 a.m. End: September 11, 5:00 p.m.

HWY 11/16 WB OVERPASS CLOSED AT CLOVERLEAF INTERSECTION
(Overpass repair)
Two EB lanes and one WB lane will be maintained on the EB overpass
Start: July 24, 7:00 a.m. End: September 30, 5:00 p.m.

MELVILLE ST EB LANES CLOSED FROM LORNE AVE TO BRAND RD
(Force main installation)
Start: August 24, 7:00 a.m. End: October 30, 5:00 p.m.

All restrictions will be lifted as indicated, weather permitting and barring any unforeseen circumstances.

Slow down, pay attention and respect work zones. Watch for pedestrians and work crews, and for everyone’s safety, please obey all detours, signs and barriers.

Know before you go! Plan your route around road work by checking our Road Restrictions and Construction Projects interactive map. Find traffic detour information and subscribe to Traffic Detour Service Alerts at saskatoon.ca/service-alerts. You can also follow us on Twitter @YXEServiceAlert and with #betterroadsYXE and like Saskatoon City News on Facebook.

NEW

EXPECT DELAYS: 22ND ST W EB CENTRE & MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANE CLOSED FROM DIEFENBAKER DR TO HART RD
(Resurfacing)
One curb lane will remain open
Start: August 29, 7:00 a.m. End: August 30, 6:00 a.m.

22ND ST W EB CURB (OUTSIDE) & CENTRE LANES CLOSED FROM DIEFENBAKER DR TO HART RD
(Resurfacing)
One median lane will remain open
Start: August 30, 7:00 a.m. End: August 31, 6:00 a.m.

CIRCLE DR E EB CURB (OUTSIDE) LANE CLOSED FROM CLARENCE AVE S TO PRESTON AVE S
(Guardrail repair)
Start: August 30, 12:00 p.m. End: August 30, 5:00 p.m.

ONGOING

IDYLWYLD DR N/HIGHWAY 16 NB & SB LANE RESTRICTIONS FROM 51ST ST E TO MARQUIS DR W
(Hwy 16 flyover repair)
Start: July 13, 9:00 a.m. End: September 11, 5:00 p.m.

HWY 11/16 WB OVERPASS CLOSED AT CLOVERLEAF INTERSECTION
(Overpass repair)
Two EB lanes and one WB lane will be maintained on the EB overpass
Start: July 24, 7:00 a.m. End: September 30, 5:00 p.m.

MELVILLE ST EB LANES CLOSED FROM LORNE AVE TO BRAND RD
(Force main installation)
Start: August 24, 7:00 a.m. End: October 30, 5:00 p.m.

All restrictions will be lifted as indicated, weather permitting and barring any unforeseen circumstances.

Slow down, pay attention and respect work zones. Watch for pedestrians and work crews, and for everyone’s safety, please obey all detours, signs and barriers.

Know before you go! Plan your route around road work by checking our Road Restrictions and Construction Projects interactive map. Find traffic detour information and subscribe to Traffic Detour Service Alerts at saskatoon.ca/service-alerts. You can also follow us on Twitter @YXEServiceAlert and with #betterroadsYXE and like Saskatoon City News on Facebook.

Starting Tuesday, September 1, 2015, crews will begin pruning trees on civic property in the Nutana (Central and North) neighbourhood and Confederation Park neighbourhood as part of the City of Saskatoon’s (City) overall boulevard tree maintenance program.

The boulevard tree maintenance program follows a regular pruning cycle to help preserve the health and appearance of the City’s boulevard and park tree inventory.  Removing dead wood from elm trees is an important part of preventing the spread of Dutch elm disease.  Maintenance crews will remove any broken, dead, weak, and diseased branches.  Keeping sidewalks and roads free of any hazards, crews will also remove any tree parts that are obstructing pedestrian or vehicle traffic and maintain appropriate clearances from buildings, signs, and streetlights.  Tree maintenance operations in these two neighbourhoods will continue until the middle of December.

Tree maintenance often requires road restrictions.  The City reminds pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers to ensure that safety is a priority by respecting the work zone appropriately and obeying all road restrictions and signage.

For more City of Saskatoon Public Service Announcements, News Releases, Traffic Detours and Service Alerts, visit www.saskatoon.ca or connect with the City of Saskatoon on Twitter and Facebook.

Brown bears, Koda and Mistaya, are turning 10!  Join us as we celebrate their birthday on Friday, August 28, 2015, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the brown bear enclosure in the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo.

Zookeepers have planned a special picnic lunch for the bears on their big day and there will be "cub" cakes provided to children (first-come, first-served).

The Saskatoon Zoo Society will also be hosting “investigation stations” to learn more about these animals along with face painting and a photo booth for children, so bring your camera!

The Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo and the Saskatoon Zoo Society welcome everyone to enjoy the birthday celebration, free with the purchase of regular Zoo admission.

Donations will be accepted and put toward the purchase of equipment that will enhance the bears’ enclosure.  Also, for every $40 of brown bear “Adopt-a-Critter” purchased on August 28, 2015, $10 will be donated toward new equipment.

For more City of Saskatoon Public Service Announcements, News Releases, Traffic Detours and Service Alerts, visit www.saskatoon.ca or connect with the City of Saskatoon on Twitter and Facebook.

NEW

EXPECT DELAYS: 22ND ST W WB/EB MEDIAN (INSIDE) & CENTRE LANES CLOSED FROM AVE S N TO AVE T N
(Roadway repair)
One curb lane will remain open
Start: August 28, 9:00 a.m. End: August 28, 3:00 p.m.

22ND ST W WB CURB (OUTSIDE) & MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANES CLOSED FROM DIEFENBAKER DR TO HART RD
(Resurfacing)
One centre lane will remain open
Start: August 28, 7:00 a.m. End: August 29, 6:00 a.m.

22ND ST W EB CENTRE & CURB (OUTSIDE) LANES CLOSED FROM DIEFENBAKER DR TO HART RD
One median lane will remain open
Start: August 28, 7:00 a.m. End: August 29, 6:00 a.m.

ONGOING

IDYLWYLD DR N/HIGHWAY 16 NB & SB LANE RESTRICTIONS FROM 51ST ST E TO MARQUIS DR W
(Hwy 16 flyover repair)
Start: July 13, 9:00 a.m. End: September 11, 5:00 p.m.

HWY 11/16 WB OVERPASS CLOSED AT CLOVERLEAF INTERSECTION
(Overpass repair)
Two EB lanes and one WB lane will be maintained on the EB overpass
Start: July 24, 7:00 a.m. End: September 30, 5:00 p.m.

MELVILLE ST EB LANES CLOSED FROM LORNE AVE TO BRAND RD
(Force main installation)
Start: August 24, 7:00 a.m. End: October 30, 5:00 p.m.

All restrictions will be lifted as indicated, weather permitting and barring any unforeseen circumstances.

Slow down, pay attention and respect work zones. Watch for pedestrians and work crews, and for everyone’s safety, please obey all detours, signs and barriers.

Know before you go! Plan your route around road work by checking our Road Restrictions and Construction Projects interactive map. Find traffic detour information and subscribe to Traffic Detour Service Alerts at saskatoon.ca/service-alerts. You can also follow us on Twitter @YXEServiceAlert and with #betterroadsYXE and like Saskatoon City News on Facebook.