The repairs to Kensington Avenue in northeast Estevan are ongoing, and should be finished in June.
City engineer Kiflom Weldeab said the crews are currently building embankments on the road north of Estevan Comprehensive School. Once the embankments are finished, they will work on some touch-ups, and then the base work will be finished.
“Because the weather was so good, we got started early,” said Weldeab.
The project covers a stretch of Kensington Avenue from north of King Street to the northern city limits. The entire stretch of road is expected to be paved.
Weldeab expects the asphalt work will begin in the middle of May, and should be finished by the end of May or in early June.
The Provincial Disaster Assistance Program (PDAP) is funding part of the project, since the work stems from the damage that Kensington Avenue north of ECS sustained during the floods of 2011.
But PDAP will not fund the asphalt resurfacing, since it is responsible for only bringing the road back up to the standard it was at prior to 2011.
Weldeab noted the project is taking a little longer than expected due to all the work that’s involved.
Once the work on Kensington Avenue is finished, the attention will shift to three other projects receiving money from PDAP: Devonian Street at the east edge of the city, and 11th Avenue and Woodlawn Avenue South near Estevan’s southern city limits. Approximately five kilometres of gravel roads will receive repairs.
