By KEVIN BERGER, Local Journalism Initiative
RM of Corman Park councillors have chosen the locations for two major roadway projects.
Township Road 374 between Range Road 3041 and 3042 will be the site of a $200,000 granular base pilot project aimed at strengthening the heavily-travelled roadbed.
Council also chose Clarence Avenue south of Saskatoon for a $100,000 extension to an existing walking path.
Council chose these two locations based on the recommendations of administration during the public works committee meeting on March 17. These decisions were then accepted as part of the consent agenda during the regular council meeting on March 31.
During the March 17 committee meeting, project engineer Jessica Williams said council had approved $200,000 in the 2026 budget to undertake a pilot project evaluating the placement of a granular base over an existing municipal roadway.
She said the intent of the pilot is to evaluate performance, cost-effectiveness and the long-term maintenance implications of applying this granular base.
Administration identified five possible locations throughout the RM for this pilot project, but recommended Township Road 374 because this section of road performs poorly during wet weather, resulting in unsafe driving conditions. It is also a high traffic road that needs increased maintenance.
“The addition of the base is expected to improve the overall safety during wet conditions and reduce the maintenance. This section also requires minimal advance rehabilitation,” she said.
Williams said Corman Park council had also budgeted $100,000 to complete a walking path project, though she noted administration will also apply for funding through SGI, which could result in increasing the scope of the project.
Administration proposed extending the walking path along the west side of Clarence Avenue by about 1,200 metres to Gabriel Road. (If funding came through from SGI, the path would continue north to Saskatoon.)
This would provide a connection between the Grasswood subdivision and South Corman Park School and also address several public complaints about why this walking path was not completed the previous year.
Williams noted one crosswalk will be included at Hill Street to allow residents living on the east side of Clarence Avenue a safe place to cross the road.
The other location proposed by administration was Range Road 3050, from Greenbryre Lane to Glazier Road.
This would connect the Greenbryre community to an existing sidewalk leading into Saskatoon and has been requested by the Greenbryre community.
Williams noted there had been a previous hit-and-run incident involving a Greenbryre resident when walking along Range Road 3050.
The big complication with this location is that the RM would have to significantly trim or even remove some trees along that route.
Reeve Joe Hargrave warned the RM was in for a “huge uproar” if those trees were removed.
This graphic, which was included with the agenda package for the March 17 public works committee meeting, shows the approximate location of the proposed $100,000 walking path extension within the RM of Corman Park.