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Editorial & Opinion

Letter: Cardiff Road intersection problem

Re: August 1 edition, John V. writes what I have been thinking.

Move the exit lane as far east as possible to open up the sight line to the south. Also preferably lower that road surface to again add more visual sight room…. […]

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Morinville News

Cardiff Corner sends more to hospital

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Five days after a two-vehicle collision between a panel van and a passenger vehicle sent three to hospital, firefighters, RCMP and paramedics were once again called to the crossing at Highway 2 and Cardiff Road around 3:50 July 25…. […]

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Editorial & Opinion

Letter: Praise for first responders

Editor:

This accident [HIGHWAY 2 / CARDIFF ROAD JULY 20] breaks my heart.

As one of the first people on the scene that started to administer basic first aid until Morinville Fire responded, I didn’t expect to see the older of the two women… […]

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Morinville News

Cardiff Road collision claims life

By Morinville News Staff

Sturgeon County – A mid-afternoon collision Friday sent three to hospital where one of the patients, a 53-year-old Parkland County woman, later died.

Morinville RCMP, together with Alberta Health Services and the Morinville Fire Department, attended the scene of the two-vehicle collision just outside Morinville at Highway 2 and Township Road 554 around 3:10 p.m… […]

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Local News

County planning to borrow for bridges

By Stephen Dafoe

Sturgeon County – County Council unanimously approved first reading of a borrowing bylaw Tuesday morning that would see the municipality borrow up to $528,000 to fund two bridges on Township Road 554 (Cardiff Road), work the County deems necessary in preparation for the broader work of reconstructing the road between Highways 28 … […]

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Morinville News

Cardiff overpass unlikely to be completed by 2013

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Less than a year after then Transportation Minister Luke Ouellette and then Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Ken Kowalski announced Morinville would get a second overpass; plans to have the project completed in the third or fourth quarter of 2013 as originally stated appear unlikely as the province is still working to acquire the land to make the project a reality… […]

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Sturgeon County

County awards Cardiff Road contract with some changes

By Stephen Dafoe

Sturgeon County – County Council unanimously approved moving forward with its upgrades to Township Road 554 (Cardiff Road) at its Apr. 10 meeting. Council unanimously approved an additional $1,636,000 for the reconstruction project and awarded the tender to Oil Berta Cats Ltd., one of seven companies who bid on the project… […]

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Province

Residents get view of proposed overpass

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Area residents had the opportunity to see what the proposed Cardiff Road overpass will look like when it is completed a couple years down the road. Al-Terra Engineering, the company contracted by Alberta Transportation to design the overpass, held a public information session at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre Monday to bring residents up to speed on the project and what it would look like… […]

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Local News

Cardiff overpass information session planned for Monday

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The long-awaited Cardiff Road overpass project is progressing nicely since the province announced the infrastructure project in June. Detours along Cardiff Road and 100 Street in Morinville have opened up the area for preparatory work. Residents will have their first real opportunity to see designs of the overpass and related road ways Dec. 12 during a public information session at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre … […]