Battleford town council has approved a sidewalk replacement for the residential area east of Pennydale Junction.
According to a report by Chief Administrative Officer John Enns-Wind, crews are to replace a portion of the existing sidewalk on the 0-100 block of 22nd Street on the north and south sides of the street.
The cost is estimated at $179,000, although costs could be lower, said the report.
A sum of $50,000 for the project has been allocated to the 2019 sidewalk capital budget. Another $50,000 is from 2018.
For sidewalk replacement in the residential area, council chose concrete over asphalt. Asphalt would cost a fraction of the price of concrete, but Mayor Ames Leslie said asphalt would likely result in more spending later on.
Councillor Shelley Boutin-Gervais asked when work would take place on downtown’s sidewalks.
Enns-Wind said plans for downtown are part of “a broader conversation for what we want to do with downtown revitalization,” adding there was “no point in fixing sidewalks when maybe we want to plant trees, or change parking” or enhance ambience.
According to one estimate, Enns-Wind said, fixing downtown sidewalks could cost $1 million.
