Take 5

Rob: One more thing I want to talk about and that was the big news that was announced, actually the cat was let out of the bag in the briar patch last Wednesday night. So, we already knew what the announcement was, but then it became official on Friday that the 2025 BKT Tires World Men's Curling Championship is coming to Moose Jaw in 2025. Moose Jaw will be welcoming the world next year to the Moose Jaw Events Centre, March 29th through April 6th. Wonderful. 

Rob: Hey, let's talk about the Report for Service app that we can get on our phones. I got the Millennials here at the radio station to help me set it up. I got it on my phone and frankly, it works pretty well. I can book swims at certain times and skip the lineups for people who are waiting to pay. I find that very convenient, and you know if you’re a member or if you bought a punch card, you can punch that in and you can just walk into the pool and skip the line-up and away you go, very convenient. 

Rob: Let's talk about those potholes. There's winter, then there's pothole season, and then there's spring and we've got pothole season now. And from what I understand, the pothole people are out there with cold mix right now doing the best they can.

Maryse: Absolutely. We already started this week, so the crew that's also taking care of the catch basins and in the culverts, of course we saw on the weekend with the rapid meltdown some catch basin needed to be drain, so that was done, but now it's the same crew that’s doing the cold mix.

‘A picture is worth a thousand words’ says Moose Jaw City Manager Maryse Carmichael as she refers to the Report an Issue function on the City of Moose Jaw app.  

As the city transitions from winter into spring it also brings about the beginning of another season, construction season. The spring thaw will unveil repairs that need to be completed, and the best way to report them is through the City of Moose Jaw app.  

Pothole season has returned to Moose Jaw, and the snow and ice melts away unveiling this year's crop of road hazards.  

While city workers make progress on clearing catch basins and culverts to remove and redirect the deluge of meltwater experienced in the mid-point of March, headway is being made on patching potholes that have been reported to the city. 

Rob: Let's start with the Capital Construction, Maryse Carmichael. Water main replacement, paving some key areas are going to be on the agenda, including Main Street. this year, right?

Maryse Carmichael, Moose Jaw’s city manager, confirmed in an interview with DiscoverMooseJaw.com that the 0 block of Main Street is on the cast iron replacement agenda this year. 

Carmichael laid out some of the timeline and explained the measures the city is taking to reduce construction impacts on businesses, tourists, and residents. 

New Solid Waste Management Site Open Houses

Rob

The City of Moose Jaw held a couple of open houses yesterday at the Moose Jaw Events Centre to share information about the proposed Solid Waste Management facility. 

The proposed facility, which would replace the current landfill that will reach its end of life in the next four to five years, would be located about two kilometres directly north of Moose Jaw, and west of Highway 2 on two quarter sections of land.