City council to discuss adding ballot question on building third bridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB – It is something that has been talked about for decades in Lethbridge and something voters might have to consider once again.
At the regular meeting of Lethbridge City Council on Tuesday, July 27, members will discuss the possibility of adding the following election ballot question to this fall’s municipal election:
“Do you agree that city council should approve plans to construct a 3rd bridge prior to 2030 as a municipal capital project priority?”
City hall administration would also be tasked with looking into several aspects of a theoretical third bridge across the coulees, such as the expected cost, current traffic volumes including at peak and non-peak times of the day, the impact that borrowing money for this would have on municipal taxes, the impact of external grants from the provincial and federal governments, and the economic benefits both during and after construction.
