Alberta Agriculture & Irrigation Main Canal Repair: March 25, 2024

The Board has received the following update information with respect to the Main Canal Repair:

Work to date:

• Total excavation of existing gravel armour completed is 3,720m (100%)

• 3,720m of RPE liner in place (100%)

• 3,320m of gravel armour fully placed (89%) (approximately 400m partially covered)

Work over the next two weeks:

• Start toe berm/back slope clean-up work beginning March 25th, this includes final site cleanup and restoration work

• Hauling gravel armour and removing gravel armour from site

• Place 400m of gravel armour layer along the south embankment (Total of 3,720m installed by March 28th)

• Modification of existing siphon (completion by March 28th)

• Removal of the cofferdam (Completion by March 28th)

Work of the project remaining:

• All in canal works (armour, liner sand, etc.)

• Topsoil Placement/Seeding/Remediation

• Toe berm/backslope cleanup

• Site Clean Up

• Placing road gravel on canal bank roads

• Restoring the access roads

• Demobilization

• Weed Control

Milestone dates:

• Substantial Completion – March 31st, 2024 (complete all in-canal work)

• Total Completion – May 31st, 2024 (complete all work of the project)

An update on the water storage as of March 25th, 2024; the Oldman Dam is at 32% of full supply level (FSL) and Keho Reservoir is at 84% of FSL.

Board of Directors