Regina Construction IV

[gecho111]

I saw a story that Dewdney / Lewvan intersection is getting dual lefts north and southbound this year. No room to widen so must be reducing through lanes from 3 to 2. I imagine that will have more drivers staying in the curb lane all the way from Sherwood. Also mentioned protected left turn lane so it will be like 4th, turn on arrow only.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by gecho111

I saw a story that Dewdney / Lewvan intersection is getting dual lefts north and southbound this year. No room to widen so must be reducing through lanes from 3 to 2. I imagine that will have more drivers staying in the curb lane all the way from Sherwood. Also mentioned protected left turn lane so it will be like 4th, turn on arrow only.

Lewvan and Arcola need more right hand turn lanes to increase efficiency and utilization of their curb lanes. This seems like a fairly inexpensive fix where there is land available.

[westerra]

Originally Posted by Stormer

Lewvan and Arcola need more right hand turn lanes to increase efficiency and utilization of their curb lanes. This seems like a fairly inexpensive fix where there is land available.

[gecho111]

Arcola is getting major upgrades in the coming years. 6 lanes south of the Ring Road and dual lefts at University Park and Prince of Wales. Unprotected lefts on the Lewvan / Arcola are a compromise to prevent turning cars constantly backing up into the through lanes. They'll probably toss in a few channelized right turn lanes so there isn't a need to stop to merge. Also additional Ring Road ramps at Assiniboine.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by gecho111

Arcola is getting major upgrades in the coming years. 6 lanes south of the Ring Road and dual lefts at University Park and Prince of Wales. Unprotected lefts on the Lewvan / Arcola are a compromise to prevent turning cars constantly backing up into the through lanes. They'll probably toss in a few channelized right turn lanes so there isn't a need to stop to merge. Also additional Ring Road ramps at Assiniboine.

None of this is set in stone.

Also without widening the Ring Road overpasses, there will still be a major bottleneck. They had a chance to do this several years ago when they rebuilt the bridges but failed. Now it will cost much more, restrict traffic for months or years or never get done.

[StealthGirl]

Originally Posted by gecho111

Also additional Ring Road ramps at Assiniboine.

This is stupid. It's 500m from the flyover to Arcola. Adding a northbound ramp off Assiniboine is going to cause a ton of accidents between vehicles merging onto Ring with vehicles trying to exit to Arcola.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by StealthGirl

This is stupid. It's 500m from the flyover to Arcola. Adding a northbound ramp off Assiniboine is going to cause a ton of accidents between vehicles merging onto Ring with vehicles trying to exit to Arcola.

It seems to work OK between Arcola and Vic. and that is an even shorter distance with way more traffic coming off Arcola than Assiniboine.

[The mayor]

https://www.cjme.com/2026/01/19/regi...-testing-site/
A nationally unifying project’: Regina to host small modular reactor testing site

By Daniel Reech
Jan 19, 2026 | 7:04 PM
Saskatchewan is continuing to make strides in pursuing nuclear energy.

On Monday, the provincial and federal governments jointly announced funding support for the University of Regina to build a Small Modular Reactor Safety, Licensing, and Testing centre (SMR-SLT)

[The mayor]

Originally Posted by gecho111

I saw a story that Dewdney / Lewvan intersection is getting dual lefts north and southbound this year. No room to widen so must be reducing through lanes from 3 to 2. I imagine that will have more drivers staying in the curb lane all the way from Sherwood. Also mentioned protected left turn lane so it will be like 4th, turn on arrow only.

When is your drone up and running missing your photos

[gecho111]

Originally Posted by The mayor

When is your drone up and running missing your photos

I got it back Monday, they sent me a new one. The weather isn't cooperating now with the wind. -30 might also be a bit too cold for it, so likely Sunday or Monday before I get out to make the rounds.

[gecho111]

$2.4 million permit to expand the new north joint use school. I wonder if this is the originally planned portables for additional ones beyond that.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by gecho111

$2.4 million permit to expand the new north joint use school. I wonder if this is the originally planned portables for additional ones beyond that.

It's crazy how every one of these new schools is instantly bursting at the seams.

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by Stormer

It's crazy how every one of these new schools is instantly bursting at the seams.

I think the problem is trying to predict population trends in certain areas. With immigration slowing down we'll eventually see less growth in these areas and as the kids age out they don't want to be left holding a bunch of surplus and unused permanent space in our schools. Harbour Landing saw astronomical growth with new Canadians with young families moving into the area that may have not been in the original plans for the area. It's really tough situation to be in and to try and figure out.

[Festivus]

Originally Posted by pappcam

I think the problem is trying to predict population trends in certain areas. With immigration slowing down we'll eventually see less growth in these areas and as the kids age out they don't want to be left holding a bunch of surplus and unused permanent space in our schools. Harbour Landing saw astronomical growth with new Canadians with young families moving into the area that may have not been in the original plans for the area. It's really tough situation to be in and to try and figure out.

It's also made more difficult by the city (and school boards) having no control over where and how many homes are built. An example are the "Costco kids," as they are called within the two school divisions. Both school boards were expecting a certain number of families to move into the housing near Costco...and then the developer massively increased the density and amount of housing, after the initial plan was approved.

But it takes years (even a decade+) to get the approval for funding for a new school, since the boards can no longer do it themselves thanks to the province taking control of funding (it no longer comes from property tax, it comes from the Ministry of Education). So a new combined elementary school is planned for these Costco kids (and others, in the east end), but it won't be build for 3-4 years at the earliest. And then a join high school a few years after that.

And by then? There will be a new area of town that has exploded thanks to developers changing plans, etc.

[Stormer]

The City is taking over the Orange Buffalo unaffordable housing project in North Central. It probably had no choice at this point, but they never should have got involved with this overly ambitious and very expensive project to begin with. Hopefully lesson learned, but I doubt it.

[Dougler306]

Originally Posted by StealthGirl

This is stupid. It's 500m from the flyover to Arcola. Adding a northbound ramp off Assiniboine is going to cause a ton of accidents between vehicles merging onto Ring with vehicles trying to exit to Arcola.

Saskatoon has plenty of these close by on and off Ramps together and I don't see the ton of accidents your saying here. These are much needed infrastructure upgrades and its crazy there's opposition to it

[HomeInMyShoes]

Originally Posted by Dougler306

Saskatoon has plenty of these close by on and off Ramps together and I don't see the ton of accidents your saying here. These are much needed infrastructure upgrades and its crazy there's opposition to it

They reduced the speed on most of it to 90km/h. That would probably be helpful on the Ring Road in Regina.

[The mayor]

https://www.ckom.com/2026/01/27/sask...trict-brewing/
Saskatoon brewery moves to Regina to shack up with District Brewing

By Libby Gray
Jan 27, 2026 | 6:28 PM
A Saskatoon brewery is moving its operations to the Queen City to join forces with another provincial brewer.

On Tuesday, Paddock Wood Brewing Co. in Saskatoon — which has produced beer in the province for two decades — announced it would be moving to Regina to partner with District Brewing Company, transferring all production from Paddock’s Saskatoon brewery to District’s facilities
Transitioning production will lead to the brewery reducing costs while maintaining production quality and benefiting from using the advanced technology at District Brewing’s facility.

In an interview with 650 CKOM, Yaremko said he’s excited about the opportunity to use District’s state-of-the-art facilities, which include better filtration processes for their products.

“The outcome from that is an even better quality product than what we’re producing today,” Yaremko said.

It also brings the opportunity for Paddock Wood to pasteurize its products, which improves shelf life for some beer beverages.

Hayden McPherson, marketing coordinator for District Brewing, said the biggest benefit of the partnership is getting to continue seeing Paddock Wood products on the shelf.

“Obviously, the alternative would be closing the doors and saying goodbye to Saskatchewan’s oldest running and most legacy craft brewery,” MacPherson said.

Yaremko said the partnership is a chance to consider the environmental impact and carbon footprint of the two breweries, with sharing distribution.

“They’re on a path to trying to get to carbon neutral and they’ve got the technology in place to take them a long way down that road,” Yaremko said, calling it “super exciting.”

MacPherson echoed the pride District takes in its green initiatives and prioritizing sustainability within their business.

Yarkemko said there was an opportunity to have another tenant move into their existing space and take over the facility to use it for packaging spirit-based products for sale in Saskatchewan. This paired well with the potential for Paddock Wood to partner with District Brewing.

[gecho111]

Finally warmed up enough to get out with the drone. Part of the brick work done at College and Broad, moving onto the next section of wall. A tiny piece of land being worked on north of the Sherwood RM office on Campbell, 2 electrical cabinets there today so it might be yet another cell tower. Although I could never get used to a pair of progressive lens eyeglasses for everyday use, they do make great drone flying glasses letting me see the screen. I had unlocked my original drone for Regina but it didn't apply to the replacement. When I requested unlocking they told me they removed geofencing in Canada and I just needed to update the controller. I'll have to test if it keeps me out of restricted zone otherwise I'll have to be more careful around them.

Also took a video while I was at the Harbour Landing School. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-V05I5CuG8

Although this drone doesn't have the left side blur of the original one, every photo I took today was slightly out of focus. I'm starting to think nearly every DJI Mini 5 is defective as I'm seen the same image softness in photos taken by many other people. That problem might be fixable with a firmware update.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/reginaconstruction/

[Stormer]

Those two residential builds just sought of RGH have almost no parking. Street parking is already tight around the hospital. It should be interesting to see how successful these projects are. There are quite a few projects popping up with little or no parking since the bylaw change.