Walking Saskatoon braved arctic conditions to take a look at some of the major pedestrian projects that were completed in 2025 that we haven’t covered already.
One of the most high-profile projects completed this year was the pedestian crossing over the train tracks at Warman and Assiniboine connecting to 43rd Street East. This is a hugely important crossing as its the only safe and legal way for people in the north end to get back and forth to North Industrial over the train tracks between 33rd and 51st, a huge stretch. Credit to Councillor Donauer for getting this project funded.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatoon-cn-rail-safety-pedestrian-9.6964660
The city slowly (slowly) is actually connecting up North Park to the Meewasin, whereas now almost every last block to the river doesn’t have a sidewalk. Here’s an important start to fixing that, a sidewalk connecting up Prince of Wales Avenue and Pest Hill to the Meewasin.
Another common type of missing sidewalk in the city are blocks along parks. This was a particularly important project to fill one of those gaps, on the east side of Avenue H South, allowing much safer access to Riversdale Park and the river for residents of King George.
The City continues its good work on the 22nd/23rd Street corridor, here filling in the gap down Avenue W from 22nd to 23rd, complete with signalized crossing on the 23rd Street Bikeway
Over to the east side, another park-adjacent (and school-adjacent) sidewalk on Egbert Avenue next to Sutherland Elementary. Great project.
And, last but not least, new sidewalk(s) on the west side of Kenderdine in Arbor Creek, from Kerr to Forsyth, bordering John Avant Park. We saw many people walking their dogs during our brief time there (now finish up Kerr to McOrmand!) Also a new sidewalk inside the University Heights suburban centre along Attridge.
Stay tuned for more updates in 2026, which should also include a lot of work on the WCMUC rail trail!