Alberta Agriculture & Irrigation Main Canal Repair: March 1, 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 3,450m (93%)

• 3,070m of RPE liner in place (83%)

• 3,000m of gravel armour fully placed (81%)

Work over the next two weeks:

• Hauling gravel armour, sand, and removing gravel armour and liner from site

• Excavate another 270m of gravel armour (total of 3,720m excavated by March 14th)

• Install 430m of RPE liner and geotextile (total of 3,500m installed by March 14th)

• Place 400m of gravel armour layer on top of the liner (total of 3,400m installed by March 14th)

Work of the project remaining:

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

• Modification of existing siphon

• Topsoil Placement/Seeding/Remediation

• 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 1st, 2024 is the Oldman Dam was at 30% of full supply level (FSL) and Keho Reservoir was at 84% of FSL.

Board of Directors