Valley Line LRT West construction, road closures enter Phase 2
Global News
The three-phase accelerated plan began in April and is expected to wrap up by the end of November.
The City of Edmonton is moving into the second of three phases of its accelerated roadwork this summer, to make room for the 14-kilometre second leg of the Valley Line LRT from the downtown core to the west end.
The city elected to shut down select intersections so the builder, Marigold Infrastructure Partners, can get work done about twice as fast as previously expected, instead of maintaining access and dragging out construction for a few more years.
Starting next week, Stony Plain Road and 139 Street will be fully closed to traffic for about nine weeks. There will be a partial closure upcoming at Stony Plain Road and 142 Street.
Roadwork will also commence on 95 Avenue and 156 Street area, resulting in some partial closures, but that won’t begin until road work along Stony Plain Road and 156 Street is complete.
“We know this work is disruptive to commuters, residents and businesses, and we appreciate everyone’s continued patience,” City of Edmonton’s Valley Line West Director Brian Latte said in a statement.
As the project enters Phase 2, that means some construction will wrap up shortly in the intersections under Phase 1.
Traffic is expected to flow through the intersection of Stony Plain Road and 124 Street sometime next week ,after being closed for seven weeks.
“Thanks to favourable conditions, we’re able to open the 124 Street intersection on schedule,” Marigold Infrastructure Partners construction manager Jonathan Cox said in a statement.
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