Super-heavy load affects travel in central Alberta

Two concise sentences: The article reports that a large, slow-moving C3 splitter load will travel from Tofield to Fort Saskatchewan tomorrow, causing traffic delays and using the full width of highways with a maximum speed of 30 km/h. Departure is at 4 a.m. from Dacro in Tofield, with an expected arrival around 2 p.m. and route via Airport Road, 46…

A pressure vessel used in natural gas processing, a de-methanizer, will be transported from Edmonton to a work site near Fort McMurray from July 12 to July 18, causing traffic delays on Highway 63 and surrounding routes. The vessel is 6.5 meters wide, 7.92 meters high, 104 meters long, weighs 523,300 kilograms, and will travel no faster than 50 km/h with…

The article reports that Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm warning for south-central Alberta, noting the storm could produce baseball-sized hail, damaging winds, and heavy rainfall, as it moved eastward across the region. It also states local authorities and utility crews were responding to widespread damage from downed power lines, power…