{"id":663617,"date":"2026-05-12T03:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663617\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T03:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:32:09","slug":"27-9-million-announced-for-whitemud-drive-upgrades-in-west-edmonton-enoch-cree-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663617\/","title":{"rendered":"$27.9 million announced for Whitemud Drive upgrades in west Edmonton, Enoch Cree Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778556729_788_693152198-1409504031209316-2960734040483664542-n.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday at the River Cree Resort and Casino to announce a $27.9 million expansion of Whitemud Drive \/ 79 Ave.<\/p>\n<p>The project, scheduled to start this summer, will expand Whitemud Drive to a four-lane divided roadway, connecting communities west of Highway 60, west Edmonton, and Enoch Cree Nation.<\/p>\n<p>The project is funded by a partnership with the City of Edmonton, Alberta government and Enoch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a true partnership in action, displaying unity that creates a safer world for our future generations,\u201d said Enoch Cree Nation Chief Cody Thomas. \u201cThis project shows that it is possible to build together. It is possible to share the table equally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2.4-kilometre stretch will see a full road closure during construction.<\/p>\n<p>The project is expected to be completed in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday at the River Cree Resort and Casino to announce a $27.9 million&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[197325,901,32920,49,2798,197326,48,32921,23752,32919,32918,1893,197324,197323,174757],"class_list":["post-663617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-89-3","tag-alberta","tag-alberta-radio","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-calgary-radio","tag-canada","tag-canada-radio","tag-edmonton","tag-edmonton-radio","tag-indigenous","tag-radio","tag-raven-radio-88-1","tag-raven-radio-network","tag-yeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}