The Recommended Plan
Intermediate Term
Pedestrian Safety
- Build non-illuminated, gravel pathway east of the highway from Brown Street to Boardman Street.
- Connect the pathway to highway cross walks.
Example of a non-illuminated paved Multi-use pedestrian pathway beside a gravel pathway
Example of a non-illuminated gravel pathway
Capacity
- Rebuild existing bridge once the east bridge is open to traffic.
- Widen Highway 2 to four lanes from north of Jimmy Roberts Road to north of Bigstone/Frances Roberts Street. The widened highway includes shoulders, sidewalks, curbs, and gutters.
- Pave and widen key intersecting streets from Fairchild Street to Bigstone / Francis Roberts Street.
Intermediate Term – Rebuilding of Existing Bridge to the West
Traffic Operations
- Re-align Bigstone Road/Frances Roberts Street to safe intersection angles.
- Install traffic signals at Bigstone Street
- Paint lines, arrows, crosswalks and stop lines on all key intersecting streets.
Access
- Keep existing commercial driveways between Fairchild and Bigstone Streets.
- Remove residential driveways
- Re-route access to service roads and major intersections outside this area. Build a new service road from Frances Roberts Street to north of the Montreal River and notify homeowners that access will be diverted to a new service road.
- Bring direct access to Highway 2/102 up to Highways' standard (remove second driveways, combine close driveways, standardize widths and spacing).
- Each land owner recommended for removal of access can apply to Ministry for direct access.
- Install a new intersection to align with the unnamed street leading to the marina.
Learn more about the Ministry’s process for land purchase: Publication Centre (saskatchewan.ca)
Miscellaneous Improvements
- Install streetlights from north of Jimmy Roberts Road to north of Bigstone Road/Frances Roberts Street.
