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By Mat Barrett

Melfort Council

Local Improvements, speed bumps topics at Melfort Council meeting

Jun 15, 2021 | 9:17 AM

The City of Melfort held their regular council meeting on Monday, June 14 at the Kerry Vickar Centre.

A number of topics were covered at the meeting, two topics of public interest including local improvement projects, as well as speed bumps.

Local improvements

At Monday’s meeting, Council approved two out of three potential local improvement projects in the city’s north end. The 1300 and 1400 blocks of Main Street will be getting “full depth pavement”, while the 100 Block of Cairns Avenue West will be getting rolled curb, gutters, and sidewalks. The 200 Block of Cairns Avenue East however, has petitioned to not have their local improvement go through. They were set to get the same additions as Cairns Avenue West.

This local improvement would be paid for by the residents of that street. Some are also partially paid for by the city depending on their location and scope.

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“Some of [the residents] petitioned it out because they have to pay a portion of it,” said Mayor Glenn George. “Whereas, people who buy lots from the city now, you pay for that in the price of the lot.”

According to George, the cost of the local improvements would be a few thousand dollars per lot. Currently, residents are able to pay that back over a set time with interest, but George said they are looking at ways to make Local Improvements more affordable to residents.

“We’re going to try to find ways in the future, so that they can afford it,” he said.

The other two projects will be tendered and go ahead as planned.

Speed bumps

Residents travelling on Alberta Street near the Kerry Vickar Centre, Reynolds School, and Melfort and Unit Comprehensive Collegiate might notice a bumpier ride in the near future.

Council has approved to add speed bumps to the street to help limit the speed down that stretch. George said the city has received a number of complaints in the area and he said it’s likely in large part the high school aged kids speeding down that street at lunch time and after school.

George said simply adding more speed limit signs likely wouldn’t make much difference.

“If we move the 30 [km/h] sign back a couple blocks, they’re speeding anyhow,” he said. “That’s not going to slow them down for even a minute.”

The speed bumps are expected to be installed by July.

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