Neat to Know: November 7, 2024
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Please enjoy this week's edition of Neat to Know, a roundup of City news, updates, and other important information. You can expect to see the week's most interesting content and even some that may have not been delivered through our regular channels.
Winter is coming; so is the end of the construction season
The 2024 road construction season is wrapping up in Medicine Hat. Several significant projects are nearly complete, with others nearing the finish line when work resumes in spring 2025.
3 Street Downtown Utility and Surface Upgrades
The 3 Street SE Downtown Utility and Surface Upgrades project is rapidly nearing completion. The last bit of work needing to be completed prior to winter is the concrete boulevards and pedestrian ramps. This work is being completed this week. The 6 Avenue SE intersection is expected to open by the end of this week on temporary traffic control (stop signs), while the 500 block is expected to open by early next week. Crews will be back briefly in spring 2025 to perform top lift paving on the 500 block of 3 Street SE, when suitable weather is available.
Division Avenue S Rehabilitation
Construction on the Division Avenue S Rehabilitation project is wrapping up for 2024 later this month. Work between 6 Street SE and 7 Street SE is anticipated to be completed by Friday, November 22. Division Avenue S will reopen to motorists for the winter. Due to the caution taken to protect critical underground infrastructure, and weather-related events, Division Avenue S between 7 Street SE and 11 Street SW will be completed in 2025. Crews will return as soon as possible in the spring, with work expected to last approximately two months, weather permitting.
8 Street SE Water and Sewer Rehabilitation
The 8 Street SE Water and Sewer Rehabilitation project is wrapping up. The road has been paved, but some landscaping and concrete sidewalks, driveways, and boulevards still need to be completed along the 300 block of 8 Street SE. Weather permitting, this work is anticipated to be completed within the next week.
7 Street NW and Altawana Drive Deep Utility Replacement
The completion of the 7 Street NW and Altawana Drive Deep Utility Replacement project is near; the contractor is finishing concrete and asphalt roadwork this week. All new underground infrastructure is installed and in service. Final paving of 7 Street from Altawana Drive to McCutcheon Drive NW is anticipated for this weekend, and the road is set to be opened after paving has been completed.
Meet the fleet that’ll delete sleet from your street
Winners were unveiled on Friday, November 1 for our Name the Fleet contest. After nearly 850 votes, here are the new names for the four graders and 11 sanders in their snow and ice control fleet:
| Graders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowbi Gone Kenobi | Slim Gradey | Taylor Drift | Clearopathra |
| Sanders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Darth Blader | Ctrl-Salt-Delete | Plowabunga | Betty Whiteout |
| Colonel Sanders | Blizzard Wizard | Skip the Ditches | Sir Sand-a-Lot |
| Sandosaurus Rex | Fast and Flurryious | Luke Snowalker | |
These 15 names will be installed on the equipment for the winter season.
Thank you to those who submitted names and voted as part of this contest. We enjoyed the opportunity to bring some camaraderie and cheer to this cold-weather service, but also to raise awareness and educate residents on our snow and ice control program.
Are you new to Medicine Hat, or unsure how our snow and ice control program and priority route system work? Visit the snow and ice control page on our wesbite.
Upvote seacan suggestions before November 10
There are a variety of ideas posted to Shape Your City on how to use the seacans for community benefit. This list of ideas represents approximate votes from highest to lowest:
- Tiny homes/shelters
- Sell the seacans and use the money to fund something of community benefit
- Club storage and meeting place
- A greenhouse at schools
- School and park concessions
- Information or volunteer kiosks
- Public washrooms
- Give them away free to save the removal cost
- Accommodations at Echo Dale
- A community tool library
- Warm up shacks at the outdoor rinks
Take a minute to vote, using the thumbs up button, for your favourite ideas before November 10 at 5 p.m. Top voted ideas will be considered and discussed at the November 18 City Council meeting.
To share, vote, and for more information, visit the project page on Shape Your City.
Remembrance Day hours
Hours and services at various City of Medicine Hat facilities will be affected by the observance of Remembrance Day on Monday, November 11, 2024.
The following facilities will be closed on Remembrance Day, and will re-open on Tuesday, November 12:
- City Hall and all City of Medicine Hat administrative departments
- Waste Management Facility (landfill)
- Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre
- Crestwood Recreation Centre
- Co-op Place
There will also be no residential waste collection on Remembrance Day. Residential waste collection will resume on Tuesday, November 12. in Zone 4. Download the Recycle Coach App, visit medicinehat.ca/collectionschedule or contact Environmental Utilities at 403-529-8176 for more information.
Please note, Medicine Hat Transit does not operate on statutory holidays.
The Big Marble Go Centre will be open from 12 to 5 p.m.
Seasonal yard waste collection concluding
Our seasonal yard waste collection program is almost done for 2024. The program ends for the season on Wednesday, November 13.
Are you a resident participating in the Food Waste Collection Pilot Program? Those residents will continue to have their green organics carts emptied until December 31, 2024.
Read more on the pilot program, including participating zones on our website.
Remembrance Day Service
Monday, November 11 at 9:30 a.m.
The public is invited to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 17's annual Remembrance Day Service/Ceremony on Monday November 11 starting at 9:30 a.m. at the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. and the theatre will be accessible to the public at 9 a.m. Seating in the theatre takes place until the service starts, then overflow seating applies.
The procession to Riverside Veterans’ Memorial Park will begin at 10:30 a.m. and the Ceremony at the Cenotaph at 11 a.m.
Blippi: Join The Band Tour
Sunday, November 17 at 2 p.m.
Bird was the word
The Bird scooter and bike rental season wrapped up November 1, with the equipment getting picked up for the winter.
Hatters got a lot of use on these scooters and bikes in 2024.
This season, they travelled 63,000 kilometres!
That’s over one-and-a-half times around the earth and an average of nearly one kilometre per resident!
Weather permitting, Bird will bring back the scooters and bikes in April 2025 for the start of another great season.
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