Now that spring is here and the temperatures are starting to warm up, work has started on improvements to the boulevards in Estevan.
The city has allocated $60,000 to be spent over the next three years.
“We got the go ahead from council to use a third of the $60,000 this year and we have three years to get a list of projects done,” said Rod March, the parks manager for the City of Estevan.
Other areas that city will be assisting with for the program include planting new trees and flowers, and replacing damaged and cracked planters around the downtown area in Estevan.
“We are continuing to work on beatification of the city. We have a lot of bricks available to us,” said March.
“We had a large donation of bricks that is being utilized around the city and all we have had to do was purchase ones that matched and things seem to be going very well,” he added.
The money allocated for the project has to be spent in a specific way.
“We are going to be doing some work this year and some next, there are still some budget constraints and but within our three-year time frame, we do have a lot planned and we will see where things go. If we are not able to get done a lot this year then we will be working very hard next year,” said March.
“This is an ongoing thing throughout the city so it is not like we are going to stop it when we save a few bucks here and there; we will continue with the project and the beatification of the city,” he added.
The City of Estevan has a lot of plans this year for the city’s parks and March said he is looking forward to some work taking place.
“Within the parks program itself, there is tonnes going this year in terms of a new spray park and playground going in, and new washrooms at the Royal Heights Veterans Memorial Park,” said March.
“Basically it’s just get some flowers and some trees in the ground. This year we are replanting over 100 trees this year, the whole idea is to clean up the city and make is nicer,” he added.
