Langley grappling with rash of expensive, illegally dumped construction material – BC
Dressed head to toe in hazmat suits and wearing respirators, Township of Langley crews spent Thursday and Friday shoveling old drywall and other construction debris off the side of the road. The crews were dealing with the latest in a string of illegal dumping events, that township sustainability manager Ryan Schmidt said are costing…
Disability advocate calls for increased safety measures in construction areas
A disability advocate in Halifax is calling on the city to include more construction mitigation measures to allow for vulnerable road users to safely navigate around projects. Alexa MacLean as the story. Source link
Construction worker suffers serious injuries in Arthur, Ont
Wellington County OPP say a construction worker has suffered serious injuries at a construction site in Arthur, Ont. Emergency crews were called to the site on Schmidt Street at around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday for reports of a workplace injury. OPP said a 24-year-old man from Woodstock, Ont., was working on a piece of…
Federal government, Nova Scotia and HRM to fund construction of new rugby clubhouse in Spryfield – Halifax
The community of Spryfield will soon be getting a new rugby clubhouse after an announcement made by the federal, provincial and municipal governments on Wednesday. The new building will serve as a home for the Halifax Tars Rugby Club and will be constructed at Graves-Oakley Memorial Park. Read more: N.S. teen heart-attack survivor finds…
COVID-19 pandemic threatens REM construction – Montreal
The global pandemic is putting the brakes on a major part of the light rail REM (Réseau express métropolitain) electric train line designed to connect Greater Montreal. “The COVID pandemic is indeed threatening the construction of the REM station at Montreal-Trudeau Airport,” Anne-Sophie Hamel, director of media relations at the airport, told Global News…
Woman dead after crashed car found in Powerview construction site: RCMP – Winnipeg
Manitoba RCMP are investigating after a car was found damaged at a construction site in Powerview. Police were called around 9 a.m. on Saturday to the report of a badly damaged vehicle in a pit at a construction site on Highway 11, just outside Powerview. Read more: Manitoba man, 19, dies in head-on crash…
Edmonton Volleyball Pickleball Center under construction
The 49,000 square-foot Edmonton Volleyball Pickleball Center is under construction in south Edmonton, where co-creator David Jones talked about why his family wanted to build the facility and what it will offer. Source link
9 months of construction coming to York Road in Guelph – Guelph
The City of Guelph says work to install sewer and water pipes on a stretch of York Road will take about nine months to complete. The work, which will also include repaving between Ontario and Stevenson streets, is scheduled to start Sept. 8 and last until June 2021. Read more: Guelph looking at building a…
Construction zone speeding violations up in July: SGI
Police forces in Saskatchewan handed out 224 tickets in July to drivers speeding in construction zones — up from the 138 handed out in the same month in 2019. Of those, Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) said 195 were for exceeding 60 km/h when passing highway workers or occupied equipment in the orange zone. Another 15…
Daycare construction in Lavington park proves controversial
While the creation of more daycare spaces is good news for those Okanagan parents who struggle to find childcare, the construction of one new daycare centre in a North Okanagan park is generating a lot of controversy. Critics of the project’s location say residents weren’t consulted. Those opposed to the location worry the area, near…