WATCH ABOVE: Once again, we’ll be running into roadblocks all over the city this construction season. Kendra Slugoski maps it all out.
EDMONTON – It’s something that comes with spring and summer in Edmonton: construction season. Edmonton drivers will be dealing with traffic delays again this year as the City has committed $451 million for road construction projects in 2015.
The money will go towards 175 arterial road, bridge, interchange and neighbourhood projects. It will include the widening of Whitemud Drive between 75/66 Street and 17 Street, rehabilitation of Connors Road between 90 Avenue and 94 Street, and neighbourhood renewal projects in Rosslyn, Westmount, Avonmore, Bonnie Doon, Queen Alexandra and Westwood.
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“City Council is committed to catching up on the road infrastructure work that our rapidly-growing city needs and that our citizens expect and deserve,” said Mayor Don Iveson. “This investment demonstrates that commitment.”
The projects will also include those that weren’t finished last year such as reconstruction of 112 Avenue between 50 Street and 68 street, and the closure of the 102 Avenue bridge.
“That’s going to be a major problem with detouring,” said Paul Szczepanski, Director of Roadways Design.
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The location of projects is offered online on the City’s website. A map of current construction-related traffic disruptions can also be found online.
All of the projects are expected to start by the end of May.
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