Road and Facility Closures

As the weather heats up, road construction season follows suit.  

The City of Lethbridge’s Transportation Operations department has been completing minor road repairs since mid-April. With outdoor temperatures warming up, those efforts are moving into high gear. 

Two water-related projects, on 13 Street North and 5 Avenue North, may impact northside commuters. 

Repairs to a pedestrian ramp will impact motorists and pedestrians on University Drive West. 

The ramp, at the southeast corner of University Drive and Heritage Boulevard West, will be closed. All pedestrian traffic will be routed back one block, to Heritage Crescent West. 

Two inner lanes of Whoop-Up Drive will be closed Wednesday, April 30. 

Crews will be servicing the emergency crossover gate on Whoop-Up Drive, just east of the University Drive overpass.  

Starting today, April 29, there will be a series of partial and full road closures on 6 Street South, between 5 Avenue and 4 Avenue, to allow for the addition of new on-street parking stalls.

Utility service work for the new Lethbridge Alberta Temple will impact the area around Mauretania Road West.

Nighttime construction will take place on Highway 3 in Lethbridge from April 17 to July 31, led by Ledcor Highways Ltd. on behalf of Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors. This is a Provincial highway project managed by the Province of Alberta, not the City of Lethbridge.

The reopening of Fritz Sick Pool has been delayed due to unforeseen issues with the pool basin. 

One lane of Whoop-Up Drive will be closed for parts of April 8 and 9. The closure is required to remove heavy machinery following the successful University Siphon repair.

Work is underway to revive banks along the east lobe of Fairmont Pond.

The area has been hit by several floods over the years. The ensuing erosion has worn away significant amounts of the banks on the north and south sides of the pond.