City of Regina project turns up all sorts of surprises

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ALLEN WARREN: Construction crews discovered more than they expected under one of Regina’s oldest streets.

Unexpected underground discoveries.

Work on first phase of Regina’s City Square project slowed down somewhat this summer after unexpected underground discoveries knocked the downtown revitalization project off pace.

When PCL Construction Management Limited crews tore up the asphalt on the city’s downtown stretch of 12th Avenue between Scarth and Lorne Street, they found surprises that made implementation of the original design obsolete.

Foremost was the discovery of a large concrete vault owned by the provincial telecommunications company, Sasktel.

According to City Square project manager Denise Donahue, a city planner with Regina’s City Centre branch, the dimensions of the vault were bigger than expected, which interfered with the project’s road grading plans.

Furthermore, there were “generations and generations” of old phone and fibre optic lines, as well as other unexpected utility lines running underneath the city’s downtown street.

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