Partnership will help twin Highway 43

The Alberta government has partnered with the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation for the construction of new highway lanes, two pedestrian underpasses, and bridges and culverts over Goose Creek and Pelican Creek through the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, west of Valleyview on Highway 43. Construction is expected to start this month. Petrowest Construction LP was chosen by the Sturgeon Lake Council to be their partner and contractor on this project. “It’s been a long time coming and we look forward to starting and completing the project,” said Chief Richard Kappo, of the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation. The new 20-km, four-lane stretch will open to traffic by the fall of 2014 and completes twinning of the CANAMEX Trade Corridor between Grande Prairie and the Alberta-Montana border at Coutts.