Northern Alberta's 'Deadly' Highway 63 to Undergo Long-Overdue Repairs

Alberta government begins work repaving critical highway through Fort McMurray

Construction follows a provincial funding promise of $15 million to repair the highway after dozens of frustrated locals took matters into their own hands and filled potholes on Highway 63 themselves.

Northern Alberta's 'deadly' Highway 63 to undergo long-overdue repairs

Work is underway on Highway 63 – infamously referred to by some residents as the "highway of death" – with the province beginning a 10-kilometre paving project expected to be completed within two weeks.

Province launches Highway 63 paving project following public pressure

FORT McMURRAY — A stretch of Highway 63 through Fort McMurray will undergo paving beginning Sunday, following months of public complaints, political pressure and even a citizen-led pothole repair effort highlighting the condition of the provincially maintained highway. Alberta Transportation says paving will begin Aug. 3 between Beacon Hill Drive and north of the Confederation Way interchange in both directions. Construction is scheduled daily f…