Two residential roads in the Beltline will be turned into one-way streets on Thursday to help ease congestion during the reconstruction of 17 Avenue S.W.
Both 14 and 15 Avenues will become one-way streets between Macleod Trail and 8 Street S.W. starting on June 8. The switch will happen between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. During the switch, crews will change one block at a time, starting in the west end of 14 Avenue and the east end of 15 Avenue.
When it’s completed, 14 Avenue will be one-way heading westbound while 15 Avenue will be a one-way heading eastbound.
Signs will guide people around the construction zone and then back onto 17 Avenue.
Both 14 and 15 Avenues will remain one-way streets for three to four years. However, in spring of 2018, it’s expected the one-ways on 14 and 15 Avenues will be extended from 8 Strreet S.W. to 14 Street S.W.
Initially, the city had intended to change 14 and 15 Avenues to one-way streets between Macleod and 14 Street S.W. in May, but plans changed after residents voiced concern.
“Residents wanted to see it phased in and out, rather than just going from Macleod Trail to 14 street all at once,” Bell said. “We realized that there wasn’t any reason that we couldn’t do that for them.”
With files from Dallas Flexhaug