Division Avenue could flow without closure by day’s end

By Medicine Hat News on June 24, 2025.

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Crews complete line painting on work to remake Division Avenue S., near the intersection of Seventh Street on the South Hill on Monday afternoon. The city has said the four-block section of main road should be reopened late Tuesday after reconstruction this spring.--News Photo Collin Gallant

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The shutdown of a crosstown corridor should be completed today as crews prepare to reopen a section of Division Avenue that was rebuilt this spring.

Most of the work to add trailway, replace road surface and rework and mark a string on non-aligned intersection took place in 2024, but four blocks were held over and completed this spring.

Minor cleanup and some work adjacent to the roadway should continue for several days, but lane closures will likely end between Seventh and 11th Avenue.

The city will take up the final leg of the project – connecting trailway along Old Cemetery Road leading to the Heritage Trail Network near College Avenue after July 1.

That delay will avoid disruption of Canada Day festivities at nearby Kin Coulee Park and at the Inland Skate Park. Trail rehabilitation is set to be complete by late July 2025.

The entire project, including the replacement of underground water, sewer and gas lines, was budgeted to cost $5 million.