News Releases

For Immediate Release: July 29, 2014


NEW

IDYLWYLD DR N NB LANES CLOSED FROM 33RD ST W TO 36TH ST W
(Water & sewer connections)
Two way traffic will be set in the southbound lanes
Start: July 30, 7:00 a.m. End: July 30, 3:00 p.m.

11TH ST E EB, WB LANES CLOSED FROM DUFFERIN AVE TO EASTLAKE AVE
(Fringe Festival)
Start: July 30, 8:00 a.m. End: August, 9, 6:00 p.m.

AVE C N NB MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANE CLOSED FROM CIRCLE DR W TO CYNTHIA ST
(Concrete repair)
Start: July 30, 9:00 a.m. End: July 30, 1:00 p.m.

25TH ST & 2ND AVE N INTERSECTION MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANES CLOSED
(Concrete repair)
No left turns in any direction
Start: July 30, 9:00 a.m. End: July 30, 1:00 p.m.

IDYLWYLD DR S SB CURB (OUTSIDE) LANES CLOSED FROM TAYLOR ST W TO RUTH ST W
(manhole repairs)
Start: July 30, 9:00 a.m. End: July 30, 11:00 a.m.


ONGOING

4TH AVE S NB & SB LANES RESTRICTED FROM 22ND ST E TO 21ST ST E
(Manhole repair)
Right turn only for 21st St E WB & EB
Start: July 29, 9:00 a.m. End: July 30, 3:00 p.m.

8TH ST E WB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM LANSDOWNE AVE TO BROADWAY AVE
(Curb and sidewalk repair)
Access To Dufferin Ave Maintained
Start: July 28, 7:00 a.m. End: August 1, 6:00 p.m.

CENTRAL AVE SB LANES AND NB MEDIAN LANES CLOSED FROM 111TH ST W TO GRAY AVE
(Water main lining)
Traffic will be detoured via Egbert Avenue. Access to local businesses maintained
Start: July 15, 9:00 a.m. End: August 5, 6:00 p.m.

20TH ST W EB LANES CLOSED FROM AVE G S TO AVE F S
(Streetscaping)
Two way traffic will be accommodated in the WB lanes.
Start: July 2, 9:00 a.m. End: July 30, 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 check 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 @cityofsaskatoon and with #betterroadsYXE and like Saskatoon City News on Facebook.

The following are the hours of civic services and facilities for Civic Holiday on Monday, August 4, 2014:

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.

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

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

All Saskatoon Public Library locations will be closed.

Mendel Art Gallery and Saskatoon Civic Conservatory will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 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 11:45 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:  Regular hours of operation.

Golf Courses: Regular hours of operation (dawn to dusk) for Holiday Park, Wildwood and Silverwood.

Lions SkatePark and Satellite SkateSites: Regular hours of operation (8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.).

Outdoor Pools: Regular hours of operation (1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.).
All Lane Swim, Parent & Tot and Aquafitness cancelled.

Weekend Playground Program: Open 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Leisure Centres

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 3:00 p.m.

Special holiday fitness class from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

All fitness classes and child minding CANCELLED.

Shaw Centre: Open 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

All fitness classes and child minding CANCELLED.

Harry Bailey Aquatic Centre:  CLOSED.

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

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 City of Saskatoon is pleased to announce that Cacher pour mieux montrer (Hide to show better) by artist duo Sans façon has received recognition as one of the top public art projects in North America in 2013 from American’s for the Arts, Public Art Year in Review.

Americans for the Arts Public Art Network (PAN) annually recognizes outstanding public art projects that represent the most compelling work for the year from across the continent.  This year, PAN received 342 applications from public art programs and artists, of which 37 were selected for recognition of excellence. The Public Art Network Year in Review is the only program specifically recognizing public art projects.
 
Cacher pour mieux montrer (Hide to show better), is an expression of the French idea that partial concealment enhances attractiveness by suggesting rather than displaying.  For the month of November 2103, existing public art pieces across the city were covered with industrial shrink-wrap.  The pieces remained shrouded while their shape stayed strangely familiar through the new sculptural smooth tight surface.  Cacher pour mieux montrer’s provocative and playful nature invited citizens to temporarily experience what our public space is like without our familiar public art works, inviting questioning and intrigue about the presence and function of public art.  The individual sculptures temporarily hidden from sight were re-revealed in December to great fanfare.

Sans façon required the support of the artists whose work they covered.  The 6 artists and 12 covered sculptures were:

• Ed Gibney:
 Stoic Dignity
 Cascadence
• Douglas Bentham:
 Pinnacle IX - Song of Ancients
 Head
 Arabesque
 Sentinel
• Kevin Quinlan:
 Buskers
 Saskatoon Cougar
• Patty Shiplet:
 Self Portrait
 Play
• Kent Pointon:
 The Winds of Change Are Upon Us
• Laura Hale:
 Maize

The goal of the Placemaker Program is to enhance civic spaces within commercial districts through the placement of temporary public art.  Public art refers to artwork that has been planned and executed in the public domain, in any media, that is outside and accessible to all.  Artists are requested to respond to the sites and take into account the physical or historical contexts.

For more information on the new art installations and the Placemaker Program, please visit www.saskatoon.ca, and look under “P” for Placemaker Program. 

For Immediate Release: July 28, 2014


NEW

FAITHFULL AVE SB LANES CLOSED FROM FAITHFULL CR (S. LEG) TO 51ST ST E
(Road Paving)
Two-way traffic set in NB lanes. Local access maintained.
Start: July 29, 7:00 a.m. End: July 30, 7:00 a.m.

4TH AVE N & 21ST ST E INTERSECTION LANE RESTRICTIONS
(Manhole repair)
4th Ave NB & SB through traffic maintained. Right turn only for 21st St E WB & EB
Start: July 29, 9:00 a.m. End: July 29, 3:00 p.m.

MINERS AVE NB LANES CLOSED FROM 54TH ST E TO 56TH ST E
(Road paving)
Two-way Traffic Set In SB Lanes. Local Access Will Be Maintained.
Start: July 29, 7:00 a.m. End: July 30, 7:00 a.m.

PRESTON AVE NB OFF RAMP CURB (OUTSIDE) LANE FROM CIRCLE DR EB CLOSED
(Sound wall installation)
Start: July 29, 9:00 a.m. End: July 29, 5:00 p.m.

ONGOING

8TH ST E WB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM LANSDOWNE AVE TO BROADWAY AVE
(Curb And Sidewalk Repair)
Access To Dufferin Ave Maintained.
Start: July 28, 7:00 a.m. End: August 1, 6:00 p.m.

CENTRAL AVE SB LANES AND NB MEDIAN LANES CLOSED FROM 111TH ST W TO GRAY AVE
(water main lining)
Traffic will be detoured via Egbert Avenue
Start: July 15, 9:00 a.m. End: August 5, 6:00 p.m.

20TH ST W EB LANES CLOSED FROM AVE G S TO AVE F S
(Streetscaping)
Two way traffic will be accommodated in the westbound lanes.
Start: July 2, 9:00 a.m. End: July 30, 6:00 p.m.

8TH ST E EB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM MUNROE AVE S TO CUMBERLAND AVE S
(Water Main Lining)
Start: June 23, 9:00 a.m. End: July 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 check 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 @cityofsaskatoon and with #betterroadsYXE and like Saskatoon City News on Facebook.

NEW SATURDAY

FAITHFULL AVE AND 52ND ST INTERSECTION CLOSED
(Manhole Repair)
Faithfull Ave NB right turn to 52nd St maintained.
Start: July 26, 7:00 a.m. End: July 26, 6:00 p.m.

NEW SUNDAY

CIRCLE DR AND CLANCY DR INTERSECTION 3-WAY STOP
(Traffic control maintenance)
Circle Dr speed reduced to 60km/h approaching Clancy Dr
Start: July 27, 5:45 a.m. End: July 27, 6:00 p.m.

FAITHFULL AVE NB AND SB LANES CLOSED BETWEEN FAITHFULL CR (S. LEG) AND FAITHFULL CR (N. LEG)
(Manhole Repair)
Start: July 27, 7:00 a.m. End: July 27, 6:00 p.m.

MILLAR AVE NB AND SB LANES CLOSED FROM 50TH ST E TO 51ST ST E
(Catch Basin Repairs)
Start: July 27, 7:00 a.m. End: July 27, 6:00 p.m.

BROADWAY AVE CLOSED FROM 2ND ST E TO 3RD ST E
(Patch paving)
Start: July 27, 7:00 a.m. End: July 27, 6:00 p.m.

BROADWAY AVE SB CURB (OUTSIDE) LANE AND NB MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANE CLOSED FROM 10TH ST E TO 11TH ST E
(Patch paving)
Start: July 27, 7:00 a.m. End: July 27, 6:00 p.m.

CLARENCE AVE SB CLOSED FROM CLADER CRES TO BRAND RD
(Patch paving)
Start: July 27, 6:00 a.m. End: July 27, 6:00 p.m.

UNIVERSITY BRIDGE WB LANES CLOSED
(Patch Paving)
Two way traffic will be set in the EB lanes
Start: July 27, 7:30 a.m. End: July 27, 6:00 p.m.

ONGOING

CENTRAL AVE SB LANES AND NB MEDIAN LANES CLOSED FROM 111TH ST W TO GRAY AVE
(water main lining)
Traffic will be detoured via Egbert Avenue
Start: July 15, 9:00 a.m. End: August, 5, 6:00 p.m.

20TH ST W EB LANES CLOSED FROM AVE G S TO AVE F S
(Streetscaping)
Two way traffic will be accommodated in the westbound lanes.
Start: July 2, 9:00 a.m. End: July, 30, 6:00 p.m.

8TH ST E EB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM MUNROE AVE S TO CUMBERLAND AVE S
(Water Main Lining)
Start: June 23, 9:00 a.m. End: July, 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 check 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 @cityofsaskatoon and with #betterroadsYXE and like Saskatoon City News on Facebook.

For Immediate Release: July 25, 2014


NEW

TAYLOR ST E WB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM IDYLWYLD DR S TO ST PATRICK AVE
(Curb work)
Start: July 28, 7:00 a.m. End: July 28, 6:00 p.m.

8TH ST E WB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM LANSDOWNE AVE TO BROADWAY AVE
(Curb and sidewalk repair)
Access to Dufferin Ave maintained.
Start: July 28, 7:00 a.m. End: August 1, 6:00 p.m.

FAITHFULL AVE NB LANES CLOSED FROM 51ST ST E TO FAITHFULL CR (S. LEG)
(Road Paving)
Two-way traffic set in SB lanes. Local access maintained.
Start: July 28, 7:00 a.m. End: July 29, 7:00 a.m.

MINERS AVE SB LANES CLOSED FROM 56TH ST E TO 54TH ST E
(Road paving)
Two-way Traffic Set In NB Lanes. Local Access Will Be Maintained.
Start: July 28, 7:00 a.m. End: July 29, 7:00 a.m.

25TH ST E WB RIGHT TURN LANE TO IDYLWYLD DR N NB CLOSED
(Bollard Installation)
Start: July 28, 9:00 a.m. End: July 28, 3:00 p.m.

ONGOING

CENTRAL AVE SB LANES AND NB MEDIAN LANES CLOSED FROM 111TH ST W TO GRAY AVE
(Water main lining)
Access to local businesses maintained. All other traffic will be detoured via Egbert Avenue.
Start: July 15, 9:00 a.m. End: August 5, 6:00 p.m.

20TH ST W EB LANES CLOSED FROM AVE G S TO AVE F S
(Streetscaping)
Two way traffic will be accommodated in the westbound lanes.
Start: July 2, 9:00 a.m. End: July 30, 6:00 p.m.

8TH ST E EB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM MUNROE AVE S TO CUMBERLAND AVE S
(Water Main Lining)
Start: June 23, 9:00 a.m. End: July 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 check 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 @cityofsaskatoon and with #betterroadsYXE and like Saskatoon City News on Facebook.

An increase in funding to the City of Saskatoon’s 2014 Sidewalk Rehabilitation program will see approximately 6 kilometres of sidewalk repaired this year, up from a total of 1.7 kilometres in 2013.

“New funding for sidewalk rehabilitation will allow us to better address deteriorating and cracked sidewalks,” says Mike Gutek, Director of Major Projects. “This year our priority is repairing sidewalks in conjunction with roadway rehabilitation in order to reduce the overall impact to motorists and pedestrians.”

Two major rehabilitation projects have been done: one along Assiniboine Drive between Warman Road and Ravine Drive in River Heights and another on Eastlake Avenue between 10th Street and 12th Street in Nutana.

The City is spending $1.8 million which is nearly four times as much in as 2013. Future planned funding increases will enable the City to address more of the Saskatoon sidewalk network. On average, a city block is 165 m, which means approximately 36 city blocks of a single path of sidewalk can be replaced in 2014.

“With a properly funded rehabilitation program, we can improve the condition of sidewalks with patches, crack filling and replacements,” Gutek says. “Residents will start to see sidewalk conditions improve over the next few years as funding levels increase.”

Residents can view locations of the City’s sidewalk rehabilitation program on the new Road Restrictions and Construction Projects interactive map found on saskatoon.ca under Check this Out! or click on Building Better Roads for more program details.

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 @cityofsaskatoon and with #betterroadsYXE and like Saskatoon City News on Facebook

For Immediate Release: July 24, 2014


NEW

CIRCLE DR & HWY 16 CLOVERLEAF INTERSECTION WB & EB OVERPASSES LANE RESTRICTIONS
(Road paving)
Start: July 24, 6:00 p.m. End: July 25, 6:00 a.m.

IDYLWYLD DR NB & SB MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANES CLOSED FROM 39TH STREET TO 44TH STREET
(Guardrail repairs)
Start: July 25, 9:00 a.m. End: July 25, 3:00 p.m.

ONGOING

CENTRAL AVE SB LANES AND NB MEDIAN LANE CLOSED FROM 111TH ST W TO GRAY AVE
(Water main lining)
Access to businesses will be maintained. Traffic will be detoured via Egbert Avenue.
Start: July 15, 9:00 a.m. End: August, 5, 6:00 p.m.

3RD AVE N NB & SB LANES CLOSED FROM 25TH ST E TO 26TH ST E
(Sewer Lining)
Start: July 4, 9:00 a.m. End: July, 25, 6:00 p.m.

20TH ST W EB LANES CLOSED FROM AVE G S TO AVE F S
(Streetscaping)
Two way traffic will be accommodated in the westbound lanes.
Start: July 2, 9:00 a.m. End: July, 30, 6:00 p.m.

8TH ST E EB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM MUNROE AVE S TO CUMBERLAND AVE S
(Water Main Lining)
Start: June 23, 9:00 a.m. End: July, 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 check 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 @cityofsaskatoon and with #betterroadsYXE and like Saskatoon City News on Facebook.

For Immediate Release: July 23, 2014

Beginning on Thursday, July 24, a vehicle height restriction will be in place at the 2nd Avenue South roundabout at River Landing to allow for construction of the new Remai Art Gallery building.

As part of the art gallery’s design some of the building will overhang the 2nd Avenue South roundabout and will require a vehicle height restriction of 4.42 metres (14 feet-6 inches).

The roundabout will be temporarily closed from 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 24, while crews construct the overhang structure. The road is expected to reopen to height-restricted traffic by Friday, July 25, weather permitting and barring any unforeseen circumstances.

Signage is posted on 2nd Avenue and Spadina Crescent to inform drivers of the height restrictions.

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.

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 DRIVE & HIGHWAY 16 CLOVERLEAF INTERSECTION LANE RESTRICTIONS
(Road paving)
Start: July 23, 6:00 p.m. End: July 24, 6:00 a.m.

SID BUCKWOLD BRIDGE NB & SB MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANES CLOSED
(Bridge testing)
Start: July 24, 9:00 a.m. End: July 24, 11:00 a.m.

IDYLWYLD DR SB MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANE CLOSED AT 25TH STREET INTERSECTION
(Manhole maintenance)
Start: July 24, 9:00 a.m. End: July 24, 12:00 p.m.

CIRCLE DR NB & SB MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANES CLOSED UNDER 108TH ST OVERPASS
(Bridge testing)
Start: July 24, 11:00 a.m. End: July 24, 3:00 p.m.

ONGOING

IDYLWYLD DR NB CURB (OUTSIDE) LANE CLOSED NORTH OF 25TH STREET
(Driveway installation)
Start: July 23, 9:00 a.m. End: July 24, 6:00 p.m.

CENTRAL AVE SB LANES & NB MEDIAN (INSIDE) LANE CLOSED FROM 111TH ST W TO GRAY AVE
(Water main lining)
Access to local businesses will be maintained. All other traffic will be detoured via Egbert Avenue.
Start: July 15, 9:00 a.m. End: August, 5, 6:00 p.m.

3RD AVE N NB & SB LANES CLOSED FROM 25TH ST E TO 26TH ST E
(Sewer Lining)
Start: July 4, 9:00 a.m. End: July, 25, 6:00 p.m.

20TH ST W EB LANES CLOSED FROM AVE G S TO AVE F S
(Streetscaping)
Two way traffic will be accommodated in the westbound lanes.
Start: July 2, 9:00 a.m. End: July, 30, 6:00 p.m.

8TH ST E EB CURB LANE CLOSED FROM MUNROE AVE S TO CUMBERLAND AVE S
(Water Main Lining)
Start: June 23, 9:00 a.m. End: July, 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 check 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 @cityofsaskatoon and with #betterroadsYXE and like Saskatoon City News on Facebook.