Will Your Commute Be Affected This Week?
Here’s a list of up-to-date information on City construction projects. Make sure to plan your commute and, if possible, plan an alternate route. When approaching construction zones, please make sure to slow down and obey all signage and traffic personnel instructions:
Midtown Water Supply Project
- Monday Feb 26, the eastbound right turn lane at the intersection of Northfield Rd and Boxwood Rd will be closed and coned off from 7 am to 7 pm.
- Construction has moved in the Black Diamond Drive neighbourhood. A 24 hour/day, road closure in both directions along Black Diamond Drive near the Crows Nest Place intersection will be in place for vehicular traffic. Drivers can access properties from either end of the road off Jingle Pot Drive. Drivers must slow down in work zones and pay close attention to signage.
- The trail that connects VIU, the Black Diamond neighbourhood and Third Street is closed to the public. This area is an active construction site for the installation of the water supply main. Construction traffic will enter and exit the work zone at Third Street across from the Rotary Field House.
- Commuters can expect minor delays along many streets in the City while construction continues on this project. Visual distractions from the project and minor delays for commuters are to be expected. Drivers, pay close attention to signage and the construction traffic as they enter and exit these sections of the project:
- Labieux Road, off the Labieux Rd/Kenworth Rd roundabout
- East Wellington, Westwood Road to Bowen Road
- Griffiths Road, end to Madsen Road
- Third Street across from the Rotary Fieldhouse
Thank you for your patience! Learn more about this project: Midtown Water Supply Upgrades.
Terminal Avenue
- Terminal Avenue upgrades will be ongoing between Commercial Street and Esplanade Street.
- Commercial Street between Victoria/Albert/Wallace and Terminal Avenue will be converted to one way exit traffic for approximately the next month.
- Commercial Street at Terminal Avenue heading towards Museum Way will have rotating daily closures for signal installation.
- Commercial Street South will be closed starting on Thursday February 15 for concrete preparation and tentatively opened again on March 1. Concrete is expected to start on February 20.
- The sidewalk in front of Vancouver Island Convention Centre along Terminal Avenue will have rotating closures and pedestrian traffic will be provided with a detour onto Terminal.
- The mid-block crosswalk at Gordon Street is closed until the installation of the new signals, expected late this year:
- Pedestrians please use the crosswalks at Commercial Street and Esplanade for safe crossing
- Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction.
Albert/Fourth Complete Streets and Utility Upgrade project:
- Landscaping work continues this week on Albert Street between Pine and Kennedy Streets.
- Albert Street will be intermittently subject to one-way alternating traffic Monday to Friday between 7 am to 7 pm.
Victoria Road Temporary Closure
- Victoria Road is closed between Rainer Street and Needham Street to investigate and repair some settlement in the roadway.
- A temporary detour along Seventh Street to Park Avenue to Fifth Street will be in place for 3-4 weeks while repair work is completed.
- Local traffic has access to Victoria Road from each end of the closure.
Sixth Street Watermain Upgrade
- Construction work is ongoing on Sixth Street between Bruce Avenue and Park Avenue.
- Typical construction hours are Monday to Friday, 7 am to 5 pm.
- Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction.
Weber Street & Bruce Avenue Area Utility Upgrades
- Construction on Weber Street is ongoing between Howard Avenue and Bruce Avenue.
- Tuesday, February 27 - Watermain tie-in on Weber Street, close to the intersection with Bruce Avenue. Traffic on Weber Street will be reduced to single-lane-alternating; both lanes on Bruce Avenue will be maintained with occasional disruptions to accommodate trucks turning.
- Typical construction hours are Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 5 pm.
CURRENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
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