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“Our street is not designated as a school zone even though all kids east of here use the street to go to school or the playground. Drivers on our street are always speeding from the highway to the intersection [of 10th Street and Ninth Avenue] and don’t seem to worry about kids crossing the street or coming out of the alley.” In response to the concerns brought forward by the letter, the school zone on Ninth Avenue, the zone will be expanded eastward, ending halfway between 10th Street and Main Street. On 10th Street, which currently doesn’t have a school zone, the new zone will st...

Fewer breaks mean fewer service interruptions and less water wasted due to leaks, the director added. The public works department is still digging into the ground this spring. “Throughout the year, we typically have several maintenance items that we need to tackle because they're just not working as they should,” Bergquist said. “So then we have to do a planned excavation around them when we can.” An example is the excavation on 16th Street near the Harry Ford Centre. The big project for water main replacement this year is under 16th Street from Eighth Avenue to 11th Avenue. Tend...

“Several years ago, and even as of last year, we have been approached by several residents requesting asphalt in the area,” Peter Bergquist, the City of Humboldt’s public works director, told council at their Feb. 22 meeting. The cost, estimated at $114,700 plus PST, would be paid 100 per cent by the property owners that would benefit from the paving through a process known as a local improvement. The city is proposing that those living on Landmark Place would benefit 100 per cent from the paving, while the properties that use Landmark Place as a back alley would benefit 50 per cent....

$1.6 million The city’s largest project in 2010 will see $1.6 million spent replacing water lines and repaving sections of 16th Street. “This is a large project for our department,” said Peter Bergquist, Humboldt’s public works and utilities director. “The difference from previous years to this year is we realize that with this particular road and how busy it is. We want to replace the water main, the base and the road structure in the same year.” Water mains will be replaced and upsized from south of Highway 5 to 11th Avenue. Directional drilling will occur under Highway 5 to...