News Releases

The City of Saskatoon’s (City) three municipal golf courses (Holiday Park, Silverwood, and Wildwood) are in the process of closing for the season to ensure that maintenance requirements can be completed before winter and the courses are in good condition for 2015.  The City would like to thank all patrons for their support during 2014.
The final days of operation at each course are as follows:
Holiday Park Golf Course
• Executive Nine will close Monday, October 20, 2014
• Regular course back nine will close Thursday, October 23, 2014
• Regular course front nine will close Monday, October 27, 2014
Silverwood Golf Course
• River Nine (formerly known as the back nine) will close Tuesday, October 14, 2014
• Lake Nine (formerly known as the front nine) will close Monday, October 20, 2014

Wildwood Golf Course
• Course will close on Wednesday, October 29, 2014
The dates above are tentative and dependent on weather conditions and course maintenance requirements.  Golfers are advised to call the golf course to check playing conditions.
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.

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NEW SATURDAY
22ND ST EB & WB MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANES CLOSED BETWEEN AVENUE I AND AVENUE K
(Sanitary sewer lining)
Ave J median (inside) lanes closed between 21st and 22nd Street
Start: October 18, 7:00 a.m. End: October 18, 6:00 p.m.

NEW SUNDAY

CIRCLE DR SB MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANE CLOSED UNDER 108TH ST OVERPASS
(Culvert cleaning)
Start: October 19, 7:00 a.m. End: October 19, 1:00 p.m.
ATTRIDGE DR EB & WB TURN LANES TO TO CIRCLE DR E CLOSED
(Culvert cleaning)
Attridge Dr ramp to Circle Dr SB closed
Start: October 19, 7:00 a.m. End: October 19, 1:00 p.m.
2ND AVE N NB & SB MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANES CLOSED FROM 24TH ST E TO 25TH ST E
(Sanitary Lining)
25th St EB curb lane closed approaching 2nd Ave
Start: October 19, 6:30 a.m. End: October 19, 5:30 p.m.
ONGOING
PRESTON AVE NB & CORNISH RD/HUNTER RD INTERSECTION RESTRICTIONS
(Intersection reconstruction)
Access to Stonebridge via Preston Ave will be maintained:
Preston Ave SB to Cornish Rd WB will be maintained. NB traffic will be detoured via the new Willis Cres which now joins Preston Ave.
Hunter Rd WB to Preston Ave NB will remain open for morning rush hour, the restriction will be in place from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. each day.
Start: October 14, 9:00 a.m. End: October 18, 8:00 p.m.

AIRPORT DR NB LANES CLOSED FROM GATEWAY BLVD TO THE AIRPORT
(Roadway improvements)
Two-way traffic accommodated in SB lanes. 45th St W closed from Airport Dr to Koyl Ave
Start: August 20, 1:00 p.m. End: October 29, 6:00 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 on our saskatoon.ca homepage or subscribe to our Traffic Detour Service Alerts. You can also follow us on Twitter @YXEServiceAlert and with #betterroadsYXE and like Saskatoon City News on Facebook.

NEW
SASKATCHEWAN CRES WB CLOSED FROM MCPHERSON AVE TO IDYLWYLD CRES
(Royary Park Construction)
Start: October 20, 10:30 a.m. End: November 3, 3:00 p.m.
ONGOING
AIRPORT DR NB LANES CLOSED FROM GATEWAY BLVD TO THE AIRPORT
(Roadway improvements)
Two-way traffic accommodated in SB lanes. 45th St W closed from Airport Dr to Koyl Ave
Start: August 20, 1:00 p.m. End: October 29, 6:00 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 on our saskatoon.ca homepage or subscribe to our Traffic Detour Service Alerts. You can also follow us on Twitter @YXEServiceAlert and with #betterroadsYXE and like Saskatoon City News on Facebook.

 

On October 29, 2014, a by-election will be held for a Separate School Board Trustee to fill a vacancy on the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools Board of Education.

If you are an eligible voter but are unable to vote on October 29, you may instead vote at one of the three Advance Polls, the first one is this Sunday:

Advance Poll #1 - Churches: Sunday, October 19, 2014 from 8:00 am – 2:00 pm

Cathedral of the Holy Family      123 Nelson Road

St. Paul’s Co-Cathedral          720 Spadina Crescent East

St. Patrick Parish Centre         3339 Centennial Drive

Holy Spirit Parish              114 Kingsmere Place

St. Anne Parish               217 Lenore Drive

Advance Poll #2 at City Hall: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 from 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Advance Poll #3 at City Hall: Saturday, October 25, 2014 from Noon – 4:00 pm

The City Hall Advance Poll will be in Committee Room E, 222 3^rd Avenue North: (Enter City Hall through Door No. 1, off 4^th Avenue.  On-street parking is available on 4^th Avenue.  If you are voting after 5:00 p.m. or on Saturday, you may park in the staff parking lot off of 4^th Avenue. This entrance is wheelchair accessible.

Reminder: to be eligible to vote, citizens are required to provide proof of identity and residence, and, on by-election day citizens must:

• be a Canadian citizen
• be at least 18 years of age;
• have resided in the Catholic school division or on land that is now in the school division, for at least three months immediately preceding the by-election;
• have resided in Saskatchewan for at least six months immediately preceding the by-election; and
• be of the religious faith of the minority that established the separate school division, which means you must be of the Roman Catholic faith.

Citizens are not eligible to vote in this by-election if they do not live in the City of Saskatoon.  Eligible citizens may only vote once, regardless of how many properties they own.

For more detailed information about the by-election and the Mobile Polling Station (for those unable to leave their home to vote due to physical disability), please check the Voters’ Guide, located on the homepage of the City’s website, saskatoon.ca. Voters’ Guides are also available at City Hall main lobby, public libraries and at all leisure centres.

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.

Despite the warmer weather this week the City of Saskatoon is busy preparing for winter and this includes the start of the Fall Street Sweeping program on October 20 after a successful pilot program in 2013.

“While nobody is hoping fall will end and we aren’t wishing for snow anytime soon, we are ready to go should it happen,” says Pat Hyde, Director of Public Works. “Sweeping leaves in core neighbourhoods that have dense tree canopies before it snows will improve drainage in the spring and make sweeping the streets easier.”

The neighbourhoods selected for fall sweeping this year include City Park, North Park, Holiday Park, King George, Riversdale, Caswell Hill, Nutana, Varsity View, Buena Vista and Westmount. This is a weather dependant, 13-day program. Please watch for the high-visibility no parking signs in these neighbourhoods minimum of 36 hours in advance. Find the schedule at saskatoon.ca and click on Building Better Roads.

Residents are reminded not to push leaves from your boulevard or yard onto the street. Not only is it against the City Bylaw, doing this makes sweeping difficult and sweepers may have to skip a street if excessive leaves begin to delay the schedule.  Please use your City of Saskatoon Green Cart or take your leaves to our free compost depot.

School zones will not be included in the fall sweep this year due to the potential dangers with large equipment around children. The leaves left behind in these areas will not amount to enough to restrict drainage in the spring.

“Increased funding this year has also allowed us to make improvements to our snow and ice programs,” says Hyde. “We will be introducing some new features which will ultimately help with our goal of making it easy and safe for people to move around Saskatoon this winter.”

Examples of improvements include the 18-vehicle snow train, introduced earlier this year, which will be used to remove collected snow along the barriers of bridges and overpasses along Circle Drive to enhance motorist safety.  Graded snow piles will be also be removed from school zones more frequently to improve children’s safety, and additional private contractors will be utilized to help city crews with snow grading operations.

This year, the City will also use a technique called pre-wetting which involves spraying the salt and sand with a liquid before spreading it on the roadway to improve traction on Circle Drive and high-traffic streets. Wet salt and sand sticks to the road better, even in extreme cold conditions, when it would otherwise be swept off by traffic.

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.