News Releases

ONGOING
33RD ST EB LANES CLOSED FROM AVE Y TO AVE W
(Water main lining)
Two-way traffic accommodated in the WB lanes
Start: August 22, 9:00 a.m. End: October 17, 6:00 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
SPADINA CRES E SB CLOSED FROM RAVINE DR TO PINEHOUSE DR
(Road resurfacing)
Once SB lanes are paved, the closure will be flipped to accommodate NB traffic in the SB curb (outside) lane
Start: October 14, 9:00 a.m. End: October 16, 6:00 p.m.
IDYLWYLD DR N NB MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANE CLOSED FROM 29TH ST W TO 30TH ST W
(Water & Sewer connection)
Start: October 14, 9:00 a.m. End: October 14, 6:00 p.m.
4TH AVE S NB CURB (OUTSIDE) LANE CLOSED FROM 21ST ST E TO 22ND ST E
(Building sign removal)
Start: October 14, 9:00 a.m. End: October 14, 3:00 p.m.

CIRCLE DR NB & SB LANES WEST OF ATTRIDGE DR SPEED RESTRICTED TO 60KM/H
(Fence repairs)
Start: October 14, 10:30 a.m. End: October 16, 4:00 p.m.
ONGOING
33RD ST EB LANES CLOSED FROM AVE Y TO AVE W
(Water main lining)
Two-way traffic accommodated in the WB lanes
Start: August 22, 9:00 a.m. End: October 17, 6:00 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.

Winter hours at the Saskatoon Waste Management Centre (Landfill) will begin on Tuesday, October 14, 2014.  The facility, located off of Valley Road, south of 11th Street, will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. seven days a week, excluding Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Residents and commercial customers are reminded to follow all signs and/or instructions from Landfill staff.

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.

To try and bring the lockout to an end, the City has taken the bold step of offering a plan to the Transit union.  We remain far apart in our contract talks with the Transit union; ATU’s last proposal is for a 19% wage increase over four years.

“Even with an experienced mediator like Vince Ready taking part, the parties are still nowhere near a proposal that the City would consider fair to our other unions, citizens and taxpayers,” says Jeff Jorgenson, General Manager of Transportation & Utilities.

So, in an effort to reduce the impact of the current labour dispute, the City offered the transit union three requirements to lift the lockout:

1. The City and the Amalgamated Transit Union, 615 both agree to no further lock out or strike action until there is a contract.
2. The Transit union must agree with the pension changes that they already agreed to in December 2013 and recently enacted by City Council.
3. It must withdraw the Labour Relations Board application which challenges the legality of the lockout.

“Instead, the ATU leadership did not respond to the City’s olive branch; we expected a response,” Jorgenson says. “It was a serious offer to resolve the current situation and there was silence.”

“People want their bus service back: this is a way to do that,” he says.  “It’s time to move forward,  time to get past arguing technicalities, time to get Transit workers back on the job and get Saskatoon moving again.”

Jorgenson says after all its options to reach a contract had run out, the City chose to lock out to put pressure on Transit while the weather was still reasonable.

 “Union leadership had a green light to strike; we were concerned the union would walk off the job in the dead of winter,” Jorgenson says.  “Now with the union leadership rejecting this solution, it means more of the same for transit riders who want bus service and transit staff who want to go back to work.”

Jorgenson says despite another offer and setback, his team will continue to work with union leadership to get our Transit workers back in the shop and on the road with a wage and pension package that is fair for all.  “We saw this as a great opportunity to clean the slate and start a new beginning for Saskatoon Transit,” he says.  “We remain committed to finding a deal that gets everyone on board.”

Eight of the nine unions/associations in the General Pension Plan have accepted a 10% deal over four years as well as increased contributions and changes to the General Pension Plan.  This is the same offer presented to the ATU, 615.

On September 20, 2014 the Transit union proposed a 22.25 % increase over five years.

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
IDYLWYLD DR NB RIGHT TURN LANE TO 25TH ST EB CLOSED
(Streetscaping)
Start: October 10, 7:00 a.m. End: October 10, 6:00 p.m.

PRESTON AVE S NB CURB LANE CLOSED APPROACHING ALLIANCE CHURCH ENTRANCE
(Curb Replacement)
Start: October 10, 8:30 a.m. End: October 10, 12:00 p.m.
PRESTON AVE S NB LANES CLOSED APPROACHING ARLINGTON AVE
(Sanitary Connection Repair)
Start: October 10, 9:00 a.m. End: October 10, 6:00 p.m.

8TH STREET & LORNE AVE INTERSECTION LANE RESTRICTIONS
(Manhole inspections)
Start: October 10, 10:30 a.m. End: October 10, 12:30 p.m.
ONGOING
MILLAR AVE NB & SB FROM 50TH ST E TO 51ST ST E
(a water connection repair)
Start: October 9, 9:00 a.m. End: October 10, 6:00 p.m.

108TH ST WB & EB FROM MORAN AVE TO CENTRAL AVE
(Water & sewer installation)
Start: October 9, 9:00 a.m. End: October 10, 6:00 p.m.

IDYLWYLD DR N SB CURB LANE FROM 25TH ST E TO 24TH ST E
(Streetscaping)
Start: October 6, 9:00 a.m. End: October 10, 3:00 p.m.
11TH ST W CLOSED FROM HIGHWAY 7 TO CHAPPELL DR
(Patch paving)
Sections of the road will be closed for patch paving. Access to businesses & compost depot will be maintained via 22nd St W
Start: September 23, 9:00 a.m. End: October 10, 6:00 p.m.

33RD ST EB LANES CLOSED FROM AVE Y TO AVE W
(Water main lining)
Two-way traffic accommodated in the WB lanes
Start: August 22, 9:00 a.m. End: October 17, 6:00 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.