Public Notice: Canadian Navigable Waters Act

The Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124 hereby gives notice that an application has been made to the Minister of Transport, pursuant to the Canadian Navigable Waters Act for approval of the work described herein and its site and plans.

Pursuant to paragraph 7(2) of the said Act, the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124 has deposited with the Minister of Transport, on the on-line Common Project Search Registry (https://cps.canada.ca/) and under Registry Number 12111, or under NPP File Number 2025-614827, a description of the following work, its site and plans:

• Construction of a new three-span, two-pier, steel girder bridge structure across the Athabasca River. This new structure will be installed parallel to and 10 m clear distance east (downstream) of the existing bridge within ATS SW-26-71-1-W5M and NW-23-71-1-W5M, north of Smith, Alberta.
• Demolition of the existing bridge structure BF71600 within the same ATS locations noted above.

Comments regarding the effect of this work on marine navigation can be sent through the Common Project Search site mentioned above under the comment section (search by the above references number) or if you do not have access to the internet, by sending your comments directly to:

Navigation Protection Program – Transport Canada
344 Edmonton Street
Winnipeg, MB R3C 0P6

Transport Canada (TC) will not make your comments on a project available to the public on the online public registry. However, any information related to a work is considered as unclassified public record and could be accessible upon legal request.

As such, the information and records provided should not contain confidential or sensitive information. If you want to provide confidential or sensitive information that you think should not be made public, please contact TC before submitting it.

However, comments will be considered only if they are in writing (electronic means preferable) and are received not later than 30 days after the publication of the last notice. Although all comments conforming to the above will be considered, no individual response will be sent.

Posted at Smith, Alberta, this 25th day of June, 2025.