
Recalling how her son once rode his bicycle into Edmonton on Highway 15 and found it too dangerous to do again, she added, "This is really about safe access if they want to come across and come and enjoy the river." The pedestrian bridge below Highway 15 into Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., officially opened on July 31, 2023. "This is shared investment for shared benefit when we talk about how it's going to impact the lives of our citizens in the entire Edmonton metro region," commented Fort Saskatchewan mayor Gale Katchur. RVA executive director Kristine Archibald called it a "crucial piece" of the eventual 100-kilometre puzzle. The pedestrian bridge represented the final leg of work for the Highway 15 bridge twinning project, which was started in 2019.Īdditionally, it is a milestone for the River Valley Alliance (RVA), the group leading the work to connect the Edmonton metropolitan region – from Devon in the south to Sturgeon County and Fort Saskatchewan in the north – with a river valley trail called called Beaver Hill Road, or Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw in Cree.



The pedestrian bridge suspended beneath Highway 15, linking Sturgeon County and Fort Saskatchewan, was opened on Monday.
