Highway 2 expansion work at Red Deer slated to begin this summer

People in Red Deer will learn more about construction work to widen the province’s busiest highway on Tuesday night.

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The team for the project that will see Highway 2 adjacent to the central Alberta city expanded and bridges replaced will present the plan to the public at an information session starting at 7 p.m. at the iHotel and Conference Centre.

Work over three phases is slated to begin later this summer and end in 2027.

It will begin with the replacement of the overpass over a railway line north of the city of 113,000 people, replacing two bridges built in the 1960s, and widening the road to six lanes from four by the end of 2025.

Work is slated to end two years later with expansion of the corridor between the interchanges at 32 Street and 67 Street to eight lanes from six, and the construction of two new bridges over the Red Deer River.

Crews will also widen the roadway to six lanes from four between the interchanges of Highways 11 and 11A in 2026.