News Releases

NEW

CIRCLE DR E NB MEDIAN (OUTSIDE) LANE CLOSED BETWEEN 108TH ST & ATTRIDGE DR
(SL&P Pole setup)
Speed limit reduced to 60 km/h in work zone
Start: December 4, 9:00 a.m. End: December 4, 3:00 p.m.
ONGOING
CLARENCE AVE S NB & SB FROM 13TH ST E TO 14TH ST E
(Water & Sewer Connection)
Start: December 3, 8:00 a.m. End: December 4, 4:00 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.

Thanks to plentiful snowfall over the past few weeks, cross country ski trail grooming has begun for the season in a variety of parks and open spaces throughout Saskatoon.  Skiers of all ages and skill levels are invited to enjoy the trails this season and keep active all winter long.  Locations include:

• Holiday Park Golf Course (Access at Avenue U South);
• Wildwood Golf Course (Access at 8th Street East, maintained by the Saskatoon Nordic Ski Club);
• Kinsmen Park (Access at Spadina Crescent West by the Mendel Art Gallery, maintained by the Saskatoon Nordic Ski Club);
• Lower Meewasin Park (Access at Pinehouse and Whiteswan Drives);
• Upper Meewasin Park (Access at Pinehouse and Whiteswan Drives);
• Meewasin Park to Adilman Buffer (Access at east end of Adilman Drive or Meewasin Park);
• Diefenbaker Park (Access at Ruth Street and St. Henry Avenue);
• Forest Park (Access at Lowe Road, Nelson Road, and Forest Drive); and
• Al Anderson Park (Access at Hampton Green, Dawson Crescent, and Hampton Circle).

For trail updates, call the Parks Division at 306-975-3300, or visit the regularly updated website at www.saskatoon.ca for information throughout the season and tips for ski trail etiquette.

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
22ND ST E WB LANES CLOSED BETWEEN 3RD AVE S & 2ND AVE S
(Crane lift)
Start: December 3, 7:00 a.m. End: December 3, 12:00 p.m.

CLARENCE AVE CLOSED BETWEEN 13TH ST & 14TH ST
(Water & sewer connection replacement)
Start: December 3, 8:00 a.m. End: December 4, 4:00 p.m.
CIRCLE DR E NB CURB LANE CLOSED BETWEEN 108TH ST & ATTRIDGE DR
(SL&P Pole setup)
Speed limit reduced to 60 km/h in work zone
Start: December 3, 10:00 a.m. End: December 3, 1:00 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.

Starting at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 4, 2014, Saskatoon’s Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) will systematically test the notifynow system. The purpose of the test is to give residents the opportunity to better understand the notifynow system, to let people hear what a message will sound like, and to encourage people to sign-up.

“The test will give the EMO a vital opportunity to evaluate the features and functions of the notifynow system in a non-emergency situation,” says Director of Emergency Planning, Ray Unrau.

The test notification will start at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 4th and will send notifications throughout the city one quadrant at a time. Everyone with contact information linked to an address within that quadrant will receive the test notification message. After a short pause, the process will be repeated until the notifications have been sent to the three remaining quadrants. We expect the testing period to last about 2 hours.

“It is also important to give an opportunity for residents to familiarize themselves with what a notification will sound like,” Unrau says. “By taking part in the test, residents will have some familiarity with the process and be ready to respond appropriately in a real emergency situation.”

The test will use information currently entered into the notifynow database. That includes publically available information from the 2013/14 SaskTel phone book as well as contact information provided by residents who have signed up.

“Once the test is complete we ask that residents take note of how they received the notification message and whether the message was delivered the most effective way,” Unrau says. “For example, if they got a voice message on their home land line but would prefer to receive a text message on their cell phone they would need to sign-up or sign-in to notifynow and update their account.”

We also expect that some residents will notice that they did not receive the test notification. In those instances, we will ask them to create an account by following the prompts on saskatoon.ca and provide their preferred contact information so we can reach them in the future.

Saskatoon’s Emergency Measures Organization is excited to move this project forward. On-going testing is an important part of the City’s Emergency Preparedness process and will provide us with important technical information while demonstrating to individual residents what a targeted mass notification would sound like and how they can expect to be contacted.

 

NEW
23RD ST E & 5TH AVE N NB, SB & EB LANES CLOSED
(Sewer manhole dig)
23rd Street E WB traffic will be maintained at intersection
Start: December 2, 9:00 a.m. End: December 2, 6:00 p.m.

ONGOING
ATTRIDGE DR NB & SB FROM FORESTRY FARM PARK DR TO FORESTRY FARM PARK RD
(Enchanted Forest Light Tour)
Start: November 21, 3:00 p.m. End: January 11, 11:30 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.

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