Dave Brett, Director of Infrastructure Services, brought the Street Improvement Project (SIP) proposal before the Drumheller Town Council during the July 6 meeting. The motion was approved and Rubydale Asphalt was awarded the bid to complete the project.

“The project has a total value of $1,044,674.86," said Brett. "$799,278 will be funded from the 2020 Town of Drumheller SIP budget, and the remainder will be funded by the Alberta Government, if approved."

Darryl Drohomerski, CAO for the Town of Drumheller, added that construction for the project would begin “...as soon as possible, and it is intended that the majority of the work will be completed by September 15 with completion by October 1, of all tasks.”

The major components of the project would include repairing areas of the downtown district and resurfacing the parking lot by Shoppers Drug Mart, and repaving Cedar Crescent. If approved by Alberta Transportation, the project will also include work on 2nd Street SW from Railway Avenue to 2nd Avenue.

Locals are encouraged to check www.drumheller.ca for more details.

The Hanna RCMP are investigating the theft of timber from a local attraction and historical site.

Between May 9 and June 22, 2020, some very large timbers were taken from the Hanna Roundhouse Society property. 

Due to the size of the timbers, it is likely that several people were involved or some heavy equipment was used to load them.

The timbers date back to the early 1900's and have significant historical value.

If you mistakenly took some of these timbers on the belief they were of no value then police  are encouraging you to contact the Hanna Roundhouse Historical Society and arrange for their return.  You can also just return them to where you got them from.  

“If you return the timbers before we get a Crime Stoppers tip we will sidetrack this investigation.  However, if we get the tip prior to their return we will keep steaming ahead with the investigation and you will be on a one-way track to court,” states a release.

If anyone has information regarding this or any other unsolved crime, please call the Hanna RCMP Detachment at 403-854-3393 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.  Crime Stoppers pays cash rewards for information that leads to an arrest.