Travellers in the area are being advised to expect possible delays as an oversized load traverses local highways this week.
According to Alberta Transportation the 103-metre-long and 5.73-metre-high load will leave the Scotford refinery and petrochemical area near Fort Saskatchewan and travel for five days to its destination near Edson. The load is an electrical generator, which is almost as long as a CFL football field and as tall as a traffic light pole.
It’s scheduled to leave Sunybrook at 7 a.m. April 30 and travel along Highway 39, before turning south on Highway 20 toward Breton. It will then take Highway 616 west to Highway 22 and then head north to Drayton Valley, where it is expected to arrive at 6 p.m.
The following day the load will leave town at 8 a.m. and take Highway 621 west toward Cynthia. Once there it will head north on Highway 753.
The load will move with pilot vehicles. It will be travelling below posted speed limits, using the entire width of the highway, including the shoulder. Drivers travelling behind the load will experience delays. The load will occasionally travel against the flow of traffic. Lanes will be blocked off accordingly.
