TAMRMS#: B05
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BUDGET INFORMATION REQUEST (BIR) - Plans for Trail-006
Requested by: Councillor Hughes
Date of Request: May 13, 2025
Date Response Due: June 13, 2025
Confidential: No
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QUESTION
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Please provide the areas planned for Trail-006 for 2025 and 2026.
Also, how many meters of trail will be considered level 4 or 5 after 2025 repairs have been completed. If the budget was increased, if needed to repair more of the level 4 and 5 trail areas, how much more trail could be repaired in 2026 (staff or contractor workloads)?
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RESPONSE
Please find attached to this response a map showing:
- The planned 2025 Trail RMR work sites: marked yellow.
- The planned 2026 Trail RMR work sites: marked blue.
- Three (3) sites of Trail repair that will be completed in coordination with other capital projects beyond the Trail RMR, within the timeframes of 2025 / 2026:
o Sturgeon Reservoir project- 1
o Oakmont Trail project- 2
o Villeneuve Road project- 3
- Remaining sites of condition level “4” or “5” that are not completed within the 2025 / 2026 timeline marked red.
Assuming completion of the planned 2025 and 2026 Trail RMR program and additional capital projects involving trail repair / replacement, there would be an estimated seven (7) sites remaining that have been reported at condition levels “4” or “5”, inclusive of the sites of:
1) Forest Ravine: approximately 200 m - planned for completion in 2027; estimated value of $300,000
2) Lacombe Park: approximately 300 m - planned for completion in 2028; estimated value of $250,000
3) Lacombe Lake: approximately 120m; estimated value of $250,000
4) Ray Gibbon Drive @ Sturgeon Bridge: approximately 250m; estimated value of $160,000
5) Heritage Lakes site: approximately 60m; estimated value of $120,000
6) Woodlands Ball Diamonds: approximately 65m; estimated value of $120,000
7) Sturgeon Road @ Beacon Crescent: approximately 50m; estimated value of $80,000
Total estimated meters of rated “4” and “5” to be repaired beyond the year 2026 is estimated to be 1,045m (or just over 1km).
The estimated total cost to address each of these remaining higher priority trail sections is $1,280,000. The cost for repairing some locations varies and may be significant due to the surrounding infrastructure and existing base conditions (to which there are no existing appropriate base structures and would need to be addressed to result in an up-to-date placement and cost-effective life expectancy).
If additional funding were made available, Administration would advance 2027 and 2028 planned work sites, subject to the overall approved value of funding. To complete the two priority sites within these timeframes is an estimated $550,000; however, segment sites and costs are shared with Council for any potential consideration and direction.
It is important to note that cost estimates may vary from final construction costs based upon final project confirmation of geotechnical information, existing conditions and received construction costs.
For additional awareness, Administration is reviewing the current asset management strategic process involved for the City’s Trail network, inclusive of the network assessments data collection methods, timing and applicable service level expectations of repair for priority condition ratings for new identified levels “4” and “5”. Programming changes would be expected to be integrated within program planning potentially beyond 2026 and would not influence the need to address the targeted shared areas within this response.
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Report Date: May 14, 2025
Author(s): Dean Schick
Department: Engineering
Department Director: Dawny George
Managing Director: Adryan Slaght
Chief Administrative Officer: William Fletcher