From twitter on Castrol:
Road Course construction going Fast. & Furious, Phase 1 completion tentatively scheduled for mid- June. More photos will be posted on the Castrol Raceway website by Monday
Whatever phase 1 means?
WOW! I'm am continually amazed at the overall responce[sic] to the construction of our road coarse[sic]; it seems people have been just biting at the bit to get circuit racing in Edmonton. Although I hear many ask "are you really going to build it this time?" with blatant disbelief (Although I'm not sure why- we have never announced intentions to build until this past year; everything previous was just rumor). But YES>>>this time it is for real!
We will be completed this year; likely mid to late summer. At this point we are about 90% complete on the groundwork of Phase 1 and about 60% complete on the groundwork for Phase 2. We will begin the groundwork completion as soon as the frost is completely out of the ground- ideally this week (let's hope we don't get that snow they are calling for at the end of the week- 42 d. today-so looking good). Asphalt companies do not start producing again until the May long weekend; if the weather is perfectly on our side we will begin to pave directly following. This should put us on schedule for a mid summer opening. If our spring is anything like last year (2 solid months of rain May & June) this will obviously through a small wrench in our plans and prolong the opening. Weather is the key factor, keep your fingers crossed for a dry spring. I am so thrilled there is as much excitement from everyone else as there is for us; this is a huge endevor[sic] for us and it's great to know it will be well recieved[sic]. I'll get a few pics posted as soon as contruction[sic] re-starts and continue to update on our progress.
Last edited by Modelexis; 05-14-2012 at 08:28 PM.
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