By Erika Rolling

Provincial

$1.9 billion for major highway and bridge projects in Alberta budget

Mar 22, 2024 | 1:16 PM

The 2024 Alberta budget includes over $151 million over three years for 56 engineering projects across the province.

Minister of Transportation on Economic Corridors Devin Dreeshen says $3.3 billion has been given to his ministry in this year’s budget, which was passed in the legislature Thursday.

“That $3.3 billion number is pretty significant, in a lot of ways.”

“When you look at just the debt servicing costs that we have in this year’s budget, is also $3.3 billion. So the 80 billion dollars the NDP left us just the debt servicing on that is the exact same dollar for dollar, for all the construction projects that we have here and grants going out to municipalities to build out the province.”

Dreeshen says the budget confirms the province’s commitment to better transportation.

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“There’s over 100 capital projects and highway upgrades throughout the province and they’re all designed to improve safety, to decrease travel time, and to keep pace of our population and investment growth.”

The Alberta government says investing in highway and bridge projects creates jobs, improves the flow of traffic, and supports major economic corridors.

Some of the highlighted projects receiving provincial dollars are:

• Highway 3 twinning, Taber to Burdett
• Highway 11 twinning, Sylvan Lake to Rocky Mountain House
• Safety and road improvements on Highway 881
• The Highway 22/1A interchange at Cochrane
• Highway 40 Twinning, south of Grande Prairie
• Highway 201 Bow River Bridge on southeast Stoney Trail
• Deerfoot Trail upgrades
• Terwillegar Drive Expansion in Edmonton

Dreeshen also noted there are 56 infrastructure projects this year that are getting invested into for the future. These engineering projects are getting $151.2 million over three years, and 36 projects will get $100 million in new funding over three years.

This will fund projects such as:

• Highway 60 capital improvements
• Highway 40 grade widening between Hinton and Grande Cache
• New intersection/alignment at Highway 16A and Range Road 20
• Highway 2 Balzac Interchange Replacement
• Highway 63 twinning, north of Fort McMurray
• Vinca Bridge replacement east of Fort Saskatchewan

“Together with municipalities, the Province of Alberta is building Alberta… not just to make it the best place to live in Canada, but also the best place to live in the world… to live, to work, to raise a family.”

You can find all projects that are receiving capital funding through an interactive map, or by the list of projects in this year’s construction program.