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Construction on five new schools in Alberta, including two schools in Edmonton’s southwest, is set to begin in September, creating 560 jobs, the UCP government said in a news release Tuesday.

A new K-9 public school and a K-9 Catholic school in Windermere-Keswick were first announced in November, but a timeline was not released.

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The bidding process for the $100-million project is to begin April 30. The government wants the schools to open in 2022.

A K-4 public school in Calgary’s Auburn Bay area, a K-9 Catholic school in Cochrane and a K-9 Francophone school in Legal, north of Edmonton, are also slated to begin construction in the fall.

Last week the government said it would double its budget this year for infrastructure maintenance and renewal to $1.9 billion to counter job losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the collapse in oil prices.

“We are working hard to identify shovel-ready projects, accelerate processes and get construction underway as quickly as possible,” Infrastructure Minister Prasad Panda said in the release.