Repairs planned for Yellowhead Centre parking lot

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Published on Friday, May 15, 2015

By Eoin Devereux

The Neepawa Banner

Weather permitting, efforts to repair the parking lot at the Yellowhead Centre should move ahead within the next few weeks. Sections of the ground along the southwest end of the property have been cordoned off due to the development of several frost boils. 

Also known as a frost heave, the boils develop from the swelling of frost near the surface of the ground caused by the freezing of trapped moisture. It can cause the crumbling of concrete or softening of soil.

Yellowhead Centre director of operations Ann Kuharski said that P. Baker Backhoe Service has already been contacted about fixing the affected areas and that the current plan for the repairs is to have them completed by June. She noted however that the weather over the next few weeks will be the deciding factor for when exactly that work could be done.

“Those spots tend to show up in the spring with the frost coming up. The schedule for how quickly these repairs could be done are completely dependant on the weather over the next little while. We just need the ground to dry up a bit before anything can move ahead,” said Kuharski.  

“Pat Baker [of P. Baker Backhoe Service] is looking after it this year. He has already come out and surveyed the space, walked through it and is planning on rebuilding it. Levelling it out.”

To fix a frost boil problem, the impacted soil is usually removed down to frost depth and replaced.