The City of Calgary has notified us that the Glenmore Trail SW Causeway will be closed on June 1st for 5 days due to essential works to the storm water. Unfortunately they are unable to provide a signed pathway detour but crossing Glenmore Trail and using the Elbow Dam route may be an option.
A link to the City website is here https://www.calgary.ca/UEP/Water/Pages/construction-projects/Construction-Upgrades-and-Repairs-overview.aspx?redirect=/waterprojects
and a copy of the notice is here:
If anyone knows if the cycle pathway on the Dam is closed, please comment back on this post for the benefit of others.
Hello!
The cycle pathway on top of the glenmore reservoir north dam is still closed. The city recently finished the dam work itself, and now needs to finish the deck, which will be an improvement from the pathway that was there before as there will be multiple lanes of separated cycle tracks and pedestrian pathways (space for this will come from the fact that the utility pipelines have been moved below the deck, so cyclists and pedestrians will now have a view on both sides of the dam).
I rely on that connection between the reservoir and elbow river pathways on a daily basis, and was therefore frustrated by the slow progress on the deck. As a result I recently reached out to the city and was promptly connected to the site’s project manager, who was actually quite responsive. His response re: timeline for reopening the pathways on the deck is below (from May 19, 2020):
“As you may have seen in the news (a story was run on CBC just this morning), the new steel gates are now operational – this is the main component of the project, and is especially important as we move into the spring run-off season. The remainder of the work is not far behind – we have some (weather dependent) tasks to complete related to the bridge deck that will drive the schedule and the ultimate re-opening of the pathway. While we don’t have a firm date, we are hoping to have the pathway open to the public by potentially early August…”
Hope this helps!
Shiv
Thanks for this Shiv. I will try and reach out to the Ward representative and see if there is a firmer date as that would be a great addition back to the cycle pathways for sure.
Regards
Peter
Hi Shiv. I have heard back from the City on the dam opening and they are saying early August. I have asked them to keep me posted on the precise date so we can let everyone know. Will keep you posted.
As of June 1 the deck is not complete. I rode to the closed gate at the Water Works building and could see concrete trucks working on the South End of the dam. Looking forward to the pedestrian and bike deck opening ceremony in August.
Hi – July 10th Now .. any update on the deck completion – or opening to ped traffic ?
Jim
Jim
According to the City they are waiting for “weather” to complete the project. Not sure what type of weather…….anyway, they promised to give me 2 weeks notice of opening and are confident this will be complete before the end of the summer.
Any news on this?
Shiv
We have news. Will post it over the weekend but won’t be long now. Opening date and media coverage too! (Just thought we would tease you so you’re then ready when we do the formal announcement…… but ok, just for you it’s the 3rd September at 4pm)!
Peter
Pete – thanks for much for sending this!! I am VERY excited at this news and will be there right at 4pm! This is great news well done. Shiv
Almost September…. any news on pathway being open? Lots of foliage has grown in from Glenmore trail towards closed off fence on south side of the closure.
Sure is…….just about to tease the community on one major item actually.
Can you be more specific to your Glenmore Trail comment as to where that is? Have you issued a 311 as weve just sorted out a similar problem using 311 on the Ogden area/
Heads up……we have news on the Dam opening date………what our website for the details over the weekend!!!!!! Won’t be long now they’ve managed to complete their tests on the dam (which clearly passed….thankfully!).
Shiv
We have a chance to be part of the media opening. The group is looking for perhaps a family of different ages to represent Calgary’s cyclists in being the first to ride across. As one of people whom have chased us up on this, would this be something you would be interested in and able to bring family members with you?
Peter
Hi Peter,
Thanks for reaching out! Yes, this is definitely something my family and I would be interested in. I am 23, and could bring my father (59), my brother (29), my brother’s girlfriend (28), and my mother albeit on foot (55). I could also potentially bring a friend or two on wheels who are my age if you’re looking for younger folks.
Cheers,
Shiv
Sounds great. I’ve just reached out to the City (where the request came from) and will advise you as soon as I hear back.
Peter
Shiv
Can you email me on pete.spearing@bikecalgary.org please so we can take this offline from the forum and discuss?
Thanks
Peter