Motorists are advised Highway 63 has reopened to traffic.
Motorists are advised Highway 63 has been closed and traffic has been diverted to Highway 881 following a single vehicle collision near Wandering River.
The electronic message boards located in Lac La Biche, Grassland, and Fort McMurray will notify motorists of the detour onto Highway 881.
Motorists can expect traffic disruptions on Highway 63 between the Athabasca River and Thickwood Boulevard in Fort McMurray for ongoing construction. The southbound and northbound traffic will have alternating reductions between 10 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. from Sept. 2 to Sept. 5, weather permitting.
Motorists should use caution in the area and obey all signs and flag people. Motorists are reminded that fines for speeding are doubled through construction zones when workers are present.
Motorists are advised that Highway 20 near Breton has reopened to traffic. The highway was closed Aug. 31 following a motor vehicle collision.
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Motorists are advised that Highway 20 near Breton has been closed following a motor vehicle collision. Traffic has been detoured at Township Roads 480 and 482. The highway is expected to reopen to traffic within 24 hours. Motorists are advised to use alternate routes.
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The governments of Alberta and Northwest Territories met in Edmonton August 31 to discuss the economy, environment, tourism, transportation and energy.
Alberta Minister of Finance and Enterprise Ted Morton and Northwest Territories Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance Michael Miltenberger are co-chairs of the Northwest Territories-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Cooperation and Development Steering Committee and meet on a regular basis. The MOU gives both jurisdictions the opportunity to discuss cross-boundary issues and their impacts.
Motorists can expect lane closures and speed limit reductions on Highway 1 within Medicine Hat and east of the city.
Paving is underway on the highway’s westbound lanes from east of Irvine to Medicine Hat. Traffic will be reduced to one lane at various times and the speed limit will be reduced to 80 km/h through the construction zone.
Motorists can expect delays, lane closures and speed reductions on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway north of Airdrie.
Chip-seal coating work began Aug. 30 and will extend 12 kilometres from north of Highway 567 to south of Acme Road. The speed limit will be reduced to 80 km/h through the construction zone. Line painting will follow, with construction work completed by Sept. 3, weather permitting.
Children walking, bicycling or riding the bus back to school may forget basic road safety rules. In Alberta, traffic injuries are the leading cause of death and hospitalization to children younger than 14. Motorists must use caution and adhere to speed limits when driving through and around school or playground zones.
Children don’t have the same perception of traffic dangers as adults do. They have a tendency to dart into traffic after a friend, pet, or toy. The increased excitement of starting a new school year coupled with less accurate depth perception and difficulty judging the speed of oncoming vehicles makes children more susceptible to pedestrian collisions.
The Alberta government’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Branch is seeking re-accreditation from a world-leading law enforcement accreditation agency.
The branch ensures commercial vehicles comply with provincial and federal laws and standards. Re-accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) recognizes professional excellence in providing specialized law enforcement and public safety services.
