Highway 3 twinning on track for 2026 completion

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Ryan Dahlman

By Trevor Busch
Commentator/Courier
editor@tabertimes.com

Taber-Warner MLA Grant Hunter says the Highway 3 twinning project is still going strong and on track for a projected completion sometime in mid-2026. 

“We’re on schedule, on budget, and they’re moving heaven and earth to make that happen. So I’m quite excited about that. I’m looking forward to opening that whole thing up in 2026.”

The 46 kilometre stretch between Taber and Burdett is the current construction focus, but functional planning studies are underway on other phases including the Crowsnest Pass (Hwy3X/Coleman Bypass – 10 kilometres) and east of Seven Persons to Medicine Hat (15 kilometres), part of a $2 billion overall investment intended to entirely twin the major east-west artery all the way to the BC border through a 10-year plan. 

“We’re on schedule (Taber-Burdett segment), I was just talking to the minister about that,” said Hunter, who also serves as Associate Minister of Water and Chief Government Whip. “Things are looking good; they’ve got a lot of equipment out there to get that done.”

Upcoming segments targeted for twinning under the 10 year plan include Blairmore to east of Highway 6 at Pincher Creek (47 kilometres), east of Bow Island to east of Seven Persons (28 kilometres), east of Burdett to east of Bow Island (23 kilometres), Pincher Creek to west of Fort Macleod (38 kilometres) and eight kilometers from the Alberta/B.C. Border to Highway 3X.

The cost of the current twinning project is roughly $4-8 million per kilometre.