City reopens First Street Southwest after completing infrastructure work
MEDICINE HAT, AB — After roughly six weeks of detours and headaches for drivers, First Street Southwest is now open again.
The city opened the road on Wednesday at noon. A section OF the road between First Street and First Avenue Southwest had been closed since early May to allow crews to replace natural gas mains.
“It took probably a week and a half longer than we anticipated,” said Chris Turner, engineering superintendent with the city’s gas utility department. “We ran into some unexpected construction delays and weather delays, just typical construction delays that took us a little longer than we thought we would need.”