Update: Watermain Extension for Selous Creek

The Great Northern Trail, in both directions of the Mountain Station parking lot, remains open as construction crews work at Mountain Station reservoir replacing pipes and structures dating to the 1920s and ’30s. The majority of the works are no...

UPDATE: Watermain Extension for Selous Creek

This past week, the portion of the Great Northern Trail, south of Mountain Station parking lot was completed, including placement of a paver-laid gravel surface. Other than some minor works that may occur over the next few months, the trail work on this p...

Paving Projects

The majority of the City of Nelson’s capital paving plan for 2020 will occur over the next few weeks in conjunction with MoTI paving of the highway through Nelson. This work will be done by Selkirk Paving Ltd (SPL).

On Monday, July 20, Tuesday, J...

UPDATE: Watermain Extension for Selous Creek

The installation of the waterline along the Great Northern Trail, south of Mountain Station parking lot is complete. The ditching and installation of culverts is complete and the side slopes have been groomed and hydroseeded. On Friday, July 17, Selkirk P...

Update: Watermain Extension for Selous Creek

The installation of the waterline along the Great Northern Trail (GNT) is nearing completion. Kays Road Contracting Ltd. will continue to work sporadically along the GNT over the next couple of weeks to tidy up along the trail and complete isolated works ...

UPDATE: Watermain Extension for Selous Creek

Kays Road Contracting Ltd. has completed the installation of the portion of waterline that is to the south of the Mountain Station Parking Lot and has tentatively reopened this portion of the trail to the public. The final surfacing and some minor clean-u...

UPDATE: Watermain Extension for Selous Creek

Kays Road Contracting Ltd., continued with the install of watermain on the Great Northern Trail this past week, currently positioned to enter the Mountain Station parking lot from the south. They’ve made good progress and completed the install o...

UPDATE: Watermain Extension for Selous Creek

Progress on installation of the watermain on the Great Northern Trail (GNT) slowed considerably at times over the past couple weeks due to rock. However, the past few days have been clear of rock and Kays Road Contracting Ltd., has made good progress rece...

Paving Project at Intersection of Vernon & Josephine Streets

UPDATE: Watermain Extension for Selous Creek

The prime contractor for the construction of the Selous Creek Watermain Extension, Kays Road Contracting Ltd., has made good progress this week, moving northward along the Great Northern Nelson-Salmo Trail (GNT) toward the Mountain Station parking lot. Ov...

Watermain Construction: Great Northern Trail Nelson-Salmo

Construction of watermain on the Great Northern Nelson-Salmo Trail (GNT) began last week, with the crew working northward along the old rail bed from the top of Stanley Street toward the Mountain Station parking lot. Construction notices and detour signag...

Anderson Street Infrastructure Upgrade Update - May 11, 2020

The underground infrastructure works are now complete for the Anderson Street Infrastructure Upgrade project. The water mains are in service and all of the service lines are connected.

Surface restoration works are underway, with concrete works scheduled t...

Anderson Street Infrastructure Upgrade Update - May 1, 2020

Although it may not appear like it yet, the Anderson Street Infrastructure Upgrade project is nearing completion. Much of the water system upgrade work is now complete, with the numerous trench cuts marking either buried water main or buried water service...

Anderson Street Infrastructure Upgrade Update - April 28, 2020

The infrastructure upgrade project along Anderson Street made significant strides last week, extending water main in both directions to the project commencement and termination points. The 200 and 300 blocks of Anderson Street, east of First Street were p...

Anderson Street Infrastructure Upgrade Update - April 17, 2020

The City of Nelson and their prime contractor General Assembly Excavation Limited are currently working to install new water main on Anderson Street, near the intersection of Nelson Avenue. The milling of the pavement for the water main alignment is compl...

Anderson Street Infrastructure Upgrade Update - April 15, 2020

The City of Nelson in conjunction with Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTi) has an ambitious program of works scheduled for the Highway arterial through the City this construction season, culminating with a re-pave of the entire portion of...

Notice of Water Works & Paving Projects

The following work will update the sections of old and undersized water lines to current standards:

• Replacement of the main water line in the 700 to 900 blocks of Fourth Street.
• Replacement of the main water line along 400 and 500 blocks of West Gore Street...

December 1, 2017 - UPDATE #10 - Hall Street Project - Phase II

Click here to read the latest update on the Hall Street Project for the week of November 27th, 2017.

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November 24, 2017 - UPDATE #9 - Hall Street Project - Phase II

Click here to read the latest update on the Hall Street Project for the week of November 20th, 2017.

Placing Pipe during Phase II construction.