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The cleanup of the debris from last Saturday's landslide across Robert Service Way will have to wait at least a few more days as the area continues to be unstable, says Whitehorse's mayor.
A landslide specialist engaged by the City of Whitehorse determined Saturday's landslide happened because there was too much moisture in the soil. City officials still don't have a timeline for when Robert Service Way will be reopened.
The city is mobilizing to begin pumping water out of Loganberry Lane in Hidden Valley, says the city’s manager of engineering. Taylor Eshpeter said today staff have mobilized the diesel generator pump, and he’s continuing to plan the steps. The plan is to lay approximately 600 to 700 metres of hose from Loganberry to the Takhini River, he explained. Eshpeter said he still has to determine if they need to check with the Yukon Water Board and whether there are any restrictions about pumping the water out of the area as waterfowl enter their breeding season. “We are in the process of doi...
City administration is proposing to reduce the speed limits on downtown streets as a means of increasing driver and pedestrian safety. The proposal calls for reducing the speed limit on Second and Fourth avenues from 50 kilometres an hour to 40 km/h, and on all sidestreets from 50 km/h to 30 km/h. The proposal will be presented to city council early in the new year. If approved by council, the new speed limits would be implemented next spring, Stefan Baer of the city’s engineering department explained during a media briefing Friday. More than half of the crashes downtown from 2012 to 2018 o...