Medicine Hat Mayor Ted Clugston says Thursday's twinning announcement is step in right direction. (CHAT News photo)

By Alex McCuaig

Excited by project

Hat mayor welcomes highway twinning, expects funding announcement for city soon

Jul 2, 2020 | 4:45 PM

MEDICINE HAT – It’s been a long haul for advocates to see Highway 3 get twinned. But while Premier Jason Kenney’s announced that stretch of road will be twinned between Burdett and Taber, it was too much of a stretch to have the twinning completed up to Medicine Hat.

Medicine Hat Mayor Ted Clugston says the project is exciting and while it won’t be coming all the way to the city, “to pave 50 kilometres over the next three years, that is a big piece.”

“I don’t think we were left out in any way,” added Clugston. “Yes, of course, I think we’d all like to see it all the way between Medicine Hat and Lethbridge.”

The mayor said the issue of twinning the highway has been ongoing for the last 25 years and, “if you’ve lived in Medicine Hat long enough, you’ve probably known someone who has been killed or injured on that road.”

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As for the Canada Day visit by Kenney as well as the multi-million-dollar infrastructure announcements for both the Lethbridge and Taber areas this week and if this city will see an announcement, Clugston says he did speak with the premier and has recently received communications from the minister of municipal affairs.

“There should be more announcements coming soon,” said Clugston.