Thompson Local News

Water Main Renewal Project is underway downtown

By now you’ve likely noticed some machines and crews in the downtown area.   Get used to it.  They’ll be there over the summer.   Matt Boscariol, Director of Planning and Community Development for the City of Thompson, explains one phase of the project.

“What we’re doing is directional drilling so we’re drilling underground and pushing pipe to repair the water mains.  We’re repairing approximately 2.5 kilometres of water main.  We’re moving from Cree Road down Selkirk all the way to the end of Selkirk.”

The water main renewal project comes in at about $1.06 million, with funding coming from the province thanks to the gas tax, as well as through various grants.    

In all, around 3 million dollars in capital projects will be completed in Thompson this summer.  Part one is the water main renewal project which is currently underway on Selkirk Avenue.   Part two comes later, as Matt Boscariol, Director of Planning and Community Development for the City explains.

“We’re going to start tearing up Selkirk as well at the beginning of August, to improve the roads,  moving down Selkirk just past the one way street before Domino’s.  We’re also going to be improving Cree Road - a small chunk of Cree Road - right in front of Doug’s Source for Sports and right before Fox Bay.  It’s about 150 feet of Cree Road that we need to resurface.”
 
The multi-use pathway loop will also be completed this year.   It’s expected the work will be completed by the end of September.  

For more on the work to be done, listen to Thompson Today at 12:40 and 5:10 this afternoon.

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