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

Previous updates and other project information is available at banff.ca/stjulienroad

Trees and shrubs are being planted along the parking lot this week. The parking lot will remain closed for a few more weeks until the end of the project, but the road will open to vehicles before November.

St. Julien Road Reconstruction - October 21 Update

The St. Julien Road reconstruction project is nearing completion for 2022, and the crew has made up on lost time from earlier in the year, due to the extended autumn.

The construction contractor is targeting to reopen the road to public vehicular traffic next Friday afternoon, in time for the start of the Banff Centre Mountain Film & Book Festival (October 29-November 6).

Work on the street will continue past next week, but the crews will manage traffic and continue to keep the road open.

Residents are urged to drive extremely slowly on the road because workers are still present, installing landscaping, street furnishings, signage and equipment such as garbage and recycling bins.

Next week is focused on:

Street sign installation
Landscaping
Caribou trail

Resident access:
Due to the progress on reconstructing, residents who live on St. Julien Road will continue to have full access into the construction site and their driveways in the week ahead. Residents are asked to drive dead slowly in the construction zone. The temporary resident-only parking areas outside the construction site were dismantled this week.

Trail access:
Hikers to the Tunnel Mountain Trail are asked to avoid the lower section of St. Julien Road, especially at Caribou Street, and walk up Wolverine Street by the Old Cemetery to access St. Julien and the lower trailhead.

Parking:

The trailhead parking lot will remain closed for a few more weeks until work shuts down for the year, because it is where crews store equipment and materials.

The designated parking zones reserved for residents of St. Julien Road outside the construction zone have been dismantled.

The new access trail at Caribou Street is under construction.

A guard rail is being constructed to make the sidewalk/trail safe above the retaining wall.

Follow detours to Tunnel Mountain Trail

The lower trailhead to the Tunnel Mountain Trail on St. Julien Road is now open. No longer are pedestrians required to use the Ken Madsen Path and route through Banff Centre to reach the trail.

However, the route is only from Wolverine Street to the upper portion of sidewalk on St. Julien Road. Pedestrians cannot use the sidewalk between Wolf Street and Wolverine Street.

Signage is in place to direct hikers to detour to Wolverine Street.

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 (see map 1 below).

Hiking to Tunnel Mountain Summit
- Lower Trailhead Access

Contractor: Bremner Engineering and Construction Ltd (BECL), based in the Bow Valley, was selected as prime construction contractor in a national open tender.

Project Manager: Stephen Allan, PMP, Engineering Coordinator, Town of Banff

For more information:

email stjulienroad@banff.ca
phone 403.762.1296
web banff.ca/stjulienroad

St. Julien Road Reconstruction - October 21 Update

Follow detours to Tunnel Mountain Trail

Banff Centre access

Hiking to Tunnel Mountain Summit- Lower Trailhead Access

Hiking to Tunnel Mountain Summit
- Lower Trailhead Access