This newsletter is for people who live in the St. Julien Road construction zone and anyone who has registered to learn about the project and its impact on drivers, hikers, commuters and visitors. If you know someone who may be interested in this project, please encourage them to sign up at banff.ca/stjulienroad

Crews continue to install new sanitary sewer pipe, replacing the old clay tile sewer pipe.

St. Julien Road Reconstruction - July 1 Update

This week, crews made good progress in replacing the sanitary sewer line, nearly reaching the Tunnel Mountain Trailhead.

Next week, installation of the new sanitary main line on St. Julien is expected to be completed, with the manhole decommissioned at the trailhead and installed in the right-of-way.

Looking ahead, connection of water and sewer service from the main lines to individual homes will start in the week of July 11. This tie-in work will take up to two weeks for all properties. Homeowners on St. Julien are asked to watch the schedule of impact on their driveway, and equally importantly, to watch the excavations as they move closer. The complexity or ease of the connection at each property will affect the speed of the progress along the street.

The tie-in work will move from Wolverine Street down to Wolf Street. Temporary overland lines to homes will continue until completion.

Concurrently, work will continue at the top of the hill replacing separate sections of main lines.

Detour required for access to Tunnel Mountain Trail

The lower trailhead to the Tunnel Mountain Trail will remain closed until at least July 27.

Access to the trail is now only possible via the upper trailhead on Tunnel Mountain Drive.

Signage is in place to direct hikers to detour to Wolverine Street and up the Ken Madsen Path, through the Banff Centre, and up St Julien Way to Tunnel Mountain Drive and the upper trailhead. Large signs are placed at intersections, and "bread-crumb" lawn signs help hikers navigate the full route to Tunnel Mountain Drive.

For your own safety, please do not enter the construction site, unless you are resident of the street accessing your home.

Scheduled impact on residents for July 1-10

Most homes on St. Julien Road will only have intermittent 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 movement of heavy vehicles and machinery. 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 status of resident-only access points to St. Julien Road:

St. Julien Way (top of road) access to St. Julien Rd: open until Sunday, then closed to July 10
Wolverine Street entrance to St. Julien: open
Wolf Street entrance to St. Julien: open
Wolverine St. back alley: closed all week

No homes' driveways on St. Julien Road are scheduled for full-day closures next week.

St. Julien Road is closed to public access by vehicle, bicycle or by foot. St. Julien Road will be closed until October.

View and download the UPDATED schedule matrix for impact on individual homes.

Schedule of Impact on Homes and Access - July 1-10

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If you live on St. Julien and have questions, please contact us:

email stjulienroad@banff.ca
phone 403.762.1296

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Banff Centre access

Pedestrian access to Banff Centre will be maintained on the Ken Madsen Path behind the cemetery, accessed from Wolverine Street or Buffalo Street. Vehicle access is limited to Buffalo Street and Tunnel Mountain Drive.

Two detour options to Tunnel Mountain Trail

Hikers heading to the Tunnel Mountain Trail are now detoured away from St. Julien Road. The lower trailhead on St. Julien is completely inaccessible. Hikers are required to detour to the Ken Madsen Path and around the Banff Centre campus as the only route to the upper trailhead on Tunnel Mountain Drive. The parking lot on St. Julien is closed and there is limited parking at the Upper Trailhead. The best way to access the Tunnel Mountain Trail is by walking from downtown Banff.

Hiking to Tunnel Mountain Summit
- Faster Route via Banff Centre

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Hiking to Tunnel Mountain Summit
- Scenic Route via Bow River & Surprise Corner

Map - route to summit via Buffalo Street