Flin Flon’s biggest construction project this summer, a revamp of the southern uptown portion of Main Street, is scheduled to start in the coming days.
The Main Street work will be the City's major infrastructure project this summer, a water and sewer replacement project that will close down much of the street’s southern uptown stretch starting later this month. The project will start at the intersection of Main Street and Fourth Avenue, with work planned to continue up toward the intersection of Main Street and Angel Avenue near the Flin Flon Public Library and the Canada Post office. The first part of the project at Main and Fourth is expected to last about a month and detour signs will be up to redirect traffic around the work site, most likely down Hapnot Street and Church Street.
Another work site will be on North Avenue, between 10 and 24 North Avenue - roughly from The Reminder’s main office and the Beech Electric and Canaqua building further up the street. That project, a replacement of water and sewer pipes under the road, is expected to last about three weeks and is also likely to begin later this month.
Other projects include grading work for backlanes, particularly around Channing and Manitoba Highway 291, the road linking Channing to Flin Flon. Grading work will be taking place along Channing Drive and at Waly Heights as the summer goes on, say City officials. The work also includes doing any sort of storm sewer, water leak or road maintenance in so-called “problem areas”, with some of the projects sorted by priority, such as main roads and trunk lines.
The future Flin Flon Aqua Centre will soon be connected to the local water and sewer system, almost four years after its predecessor was demolished in 2020. Construction at the site, overseen by the City but carried out by a Winnipeg-based company, is continuing on schedule, with much of the building’s foundation and pool basin already poured.
Street sweeping will also continue on through early July, with crosswalk and curb painting expected to take place starting in late July and continue into early August at the earliest.
