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Third river crossing options being considered by Lethbridge City Council

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Talk about a future third river crossing was discussed at length by Lethbridge City Council Tuesday

Councillor Rajko Dodic put forward a resolution asking that city administration consider looking at sites farther south of the current proposed location for the so-called Chinook Trail.

“There have been significant changes to the city footprint since the studies were done. The 2009 resolution that identified the current site as the only site and (administration) to come back before September 2022 and report to Council as to whether a more southerly route makes more sense,” Dodic told Council on Tuesday.

Dodic noted that having a more southerly route could increase the likelihood of financial support from senior levels of government, as opposed to sticking Lethbridge taxpayers with a very expensive bill. It had been previously reported that a third river crossing built within Lethbridge city limits were have to be funded entirely by city taxpayers and that bill could be as high as $300 million.

A non-binding question on the municipal ballot back in October had 60% of residents who voted saying yes to keep a third bridge as a major project priority for City Council.

This resolution essentially asks city administration to identify an anticipated cost to construct another river crossing at the same site or sites, with a goal of possibly finding potential funding sources.

The current proposed location is near Riverstone on the west side, joining up across the Oldman River at Scenic Drive.

Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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