St. Julien Road Reconstruction - June 10 Update
In the past week, watermain installation was completed from Wolf Street to Wolverine Street. Today, the crew is completing the tie-in to the line serving Wolverine Street properties.
Next week's construction:
- Start sewer main replacement at Wolf Street, and progress replacement uphill towards Wolverine Street
- Sewer main replacement requires bypass pumping. A pump is installed in an upstream manhole and temporary lines above ground carry sewage to a manhole down stream. This allows a section of pipe to be isolated to be ready for replacement. Crews will leap-frog up the road moving the bypass as they proceed.
Detour around lower Tunnel Mountain Trail starts June 14
Starting Tuesday, June 14, hikers heading to the Tunnel Mountain Trail will be detoured away from St. Julien Road and the lower trailhead access. The lower trailhead on St. Julien will be completely inaccessible the following week, when sewer and water main work involves excavation and replacement in the area. Hikers will detour to the Ken Madsen Path and around the Banff Centre campus as the only route to the Tunnel Mountain Trail.
Please completely avoid St. Julien Road, unless you are a resident or visiting a resident on the road.Parks Canada has issued a trail advisory for the lower portion of the Tunnel Mountain Trail, between Tunnel Mountain Drive and the construction site.
Scheduled impact on residents for June 10-19
Most homes on St. Julien Road will have complete closures of driveway access next week. The red phases in the matrix schedule below indicate full-day closures, and the yellow phases indicate intermittent closures that involve
constant movement of heavy vehicles and machinery on St. Julien Road. Residents are asked to be extremely cautious when exiting their properties or entering the site, and to make sure to communicate with workers and flaggers on the site.
This week ahead, the excavation for water lines continues at mid-block, and sewer replacement excavation starts at the bottom of St. Julien Road at Wolf Street.This week, the status of
resident-only access points to St. Julien Road:
- Sr. Julien Way (top of road) access to St. Julien Rd: Open access June 10-19
- Wolf Street entrance to St. Julien:
- Intermittently open access today to Monday, June 13
- Closed access Tuesday, June 14 to Friday, June 17
- Wolverine Street entrance to St. Julien:
- Closed access today to Monday, June 13
- Intermittently open access Tuesday, June 13 to Sunday, June 19
- Wolverine St. back alley:
- Intermittently open access today to Monday, June 13
- Closed access Tuesday, June 14 to Friday, June 17
These homes are scheduled for
full-day closures next week preventing access from St. Julien Road (schedules can change depending on weather):
- 208, 210, 216, 218, 220, St. Julien Rd, (Tuesday-Sunday)
- 222, 226A/B St. Julien Rd. (Tuesday-Friday)
- 341 Grizzly Street and 609 Wolf Street (Tuesday-Friday)
- 206 Grizzly Street (Thursday-Sunday)
- 200 St. Julien and 135 Wolverine (today-Monday)
- 136 St. Julien (today-Monday)
St. Julien Road is closed to public access by vehicle, bicycle or by foot. St. Julien Road will be closed until October. Four parking zones for local residents only are established outside the construction zone (see map below).
View and download the UPDATED schedule matrix for impact on individual homes.