What This Rain Means for Our Roads

Tracey Popick_Homepage-County Updates, Public Works

The recent stretch of wet weather has brought more than enough rain to the County. While the moisture is affecting fields and delaying agricultural activities, it’s also taking a toll on our gravel road network. Extended rainfall saturates the road base, making gravel roads softer and more susceptible to potholes, rutting, wash boarding and washouts, particularly in low-lying areas and …

8,000 Culverts. One failed. Crews got to work.

Tracey Popick_Homepage-County Updates, Public Works

You drive over them every day, but most people never think about what’s beneath the road. Camrose County maintains more than 8,000 culverts across our road network. These hidden pieces of infrastructure move water and help protect the roads residents rely on every day. Last week, the failure of an existing culvert on Range Road 184 between Township Road 434 …