On behalf of Council, I am pleased to provide you with the highlights of the M.D. of Wainwright’s operations for the 2025 fiscal year.
In 2025, our construction crew improved approximately 8 miles of road. Construction projects focused primarily in the west and eastern parts of the M.D. in 2025. Divisions 2 3 and 7 benefited from construction work in their areas.
Our cementing and oiling crew worked on 6 miles of cement base stabilization on the M.D.’s key local road network. This resulted in a total of 114 miles of cement stabilized roads in the M.D. We continue to focus on maintaining our cement roads by re-chipping 11.5 miles of road last year. In addition, we provide a coat of fogging seal the year after the road is re-chipped, which seals the chip and prolongs its life. In 2025, we fogged 19 miles of road. The M.D. oiling crew focused its attention on dust controls in 2025 as it was another dry year, utilizing calcium and MC-250 in 2025.
As part of its key local road network improvement strategy the M.D. continued its pilot project of pavement overlay on its cement stabilization roads. The project on Township Road 46-2 (Gilt Edge Road), from last year was extended another 5 miles to the intersection of the Gilt Edge Hall. In addition, a key cement stabilization route east of Wainwright from Highway 14 was also overlayed for a total of two miles. We are hopeful this layer of pavement will prolong the life of the road and save on chipseal resurfacing over the next number of years. We will continue to monitor the effectiveness of this process. These two projects bring the total miles of paving in the M.D. to 192 miles.
Regular road maintenance continued as usual, with nearly 107,372 metric tonnes of gravel applied to our gravel roads. We used both private and M.D. trucks to haul and spread the gravel. We maintain our road maintenance grader fleet at seven graders, with one additional grader being used to supplement divisional graders as needed. Also, to maintain our stockpiles of gravel, we hired a private contractor to crush 144,250 metric tonnes of gravel.
Riverdale Mini-Park, operated by M.D. of Wainwright staff, provided a valuable service for campers and golfers at a very reasonable rate. Arm Lake Recreation Area, operated by a contractor, also provided another valuable service for campers, boaters, and beach goers at very competitive rates as well. The year 2025 was the first year our new contractor operated Arm Lake and all involved, including the patrons, enjoyed another successful year at Arm Lake.
The M.D. Administration team worked hard in planning and organizing these projects to ensure that they were successful. On behalf of Council, I would like to thank them for their dedication to the M.D. over the course of the year.
The M.D. of Wainwright continues to work closely with its neighboring municipalities, the Town of Wainwright and the Villages of Irma, Chauvin and Edgerton (ICE). We are also pleased that our close relationship and partnership continues with our local military base, 3rd Canadian Division Support Base Detachment Wainwright.
In closing, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Council, Administration, and all M.D. employees for their continued support throughout this last year.
Respectfully Submitted,
Mike Wildeboer
Reeve