Friday, September 13, 2024 • Vol.129 No. 7 • Neepawa, Manitoba
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Brandon’s road rebuild puts Neepawa plans in peril Banner Staff
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The massive resurfacing project recently announced for Brandon is going to negatively impact some of Neepawa’s planned road repairs. In a Sept. 3 media release, the Province of Manitoba announced it was investing $9.7 million to resurface 18th Street in Brandon. Premier Wab Kinew said, “The project will reconstruct 18th Street (Provincial Trunk Highway 10) from Aberdeen Avenue to Rosser Avenue, and includes milling the existing pavement surface to mitigate deep potholes and replacing it with two layers of new bituminous pavement. What the announcement didn’t say is that that one massive project would shove other projects, such as rebuilding two blocks of streets in Neepawa, off the calendar for this year. Back in May, Neepawa had announced a reallocation of funding from its 2024 budget that would go directly towards a planned rebuild on a block of Hamilton Street, between Brown
PICTURE BY DIANE WARNER
The Town of Neepawa has moved ahead recently on some temporary repairs to a portion of Hamilton Street. That block, along with a section of Mill Street, had been planned for a full restoration this fall. A recent announcement by the Province, however, related to fixing 18th street in Brandon, could have an impact on Neepawa’s road repair schedule
and First, as well as Mill Street between Mountain and First. The hope was that the Town would be able to secure the services of a company to do this work before the winter. With the announcement of this much
larger project in Brandon, however, Neepawa CAO Colleen Synchyshyn said the commitment to our road improvements cannot be assured. “When we heard about the Brandon 18th Street project, we contacted the
paving company and there was no way they could guarantee they could come and do our projects,” stated Synchshyn. “It was discussed that Neepawa [could] rip up those streets so they could be re-done, but if they didn’t come this fall,
those streets would be open to rain, snow and erosion until next year.” In the past, paving companies have tended to add on smaller community projects at the tail end of the season and often get caught trying to lay pavement when
it is too cold to do so. The last major downtown project was Davidson Street in front of the Kinsmen Kourts II assisted living centre and it was over a year before that block got paved.
Fuel Good Day OnOn Tuesday, Tuesday,September September 17, 17, visit a Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op Gas Bar and help raise funds for Habitat for Humanity - Neepawa Chapter & Gladstone Area Senior Support. 10 cents per litre & $1 from every Co-operative Coffee and Big Cool sold this day will be donated. 50 Main Street, Neepawa - Highway 16 & 34, Gladstone