SASKATOON – Spring construction season unleashes traffic restrictions on Saskatoon roads starting on Monday.
A major traffic restriction on Circle Drive starts Monday evening and to keep traffic moving, the city is introducing a zipper merge.
Drivers are asked to alternate turns as the two lanes combine into one through the construction zone.
The zipper merge is supposed to limit collisions that occur when motorists switch between a slow-moving lane and a faster one.
New signage will guide drivers through the merge and Saskatoon police will be issuing fines to those motorists not adhering to it.
Four days of traffic restrictions at Highway 16 and Idylwyld Drive North start on Monday.
From 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday, the ramp between Idylwyld Drive northbound to Highway 16 westbound will be closed. Traffic will be detoured via Marquis Drive.
Then on Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Idylwyld Drive southbound traffic between Marquis Drive and 51st Street will be restricted to one lane.
Hart Road is expected to be closed for two days between 22nd Street and the east entrance of Bowlt Crecent while water and sewer connections are made. Starting around 6:30 a.m., westbound traffic will be detoured via Betts Avenue southbound.
Traffic on Preston Avenue will be also restricted starting tomorrow morning.
Around 9 a.m., northbound traffic on Preston Avenue will be restricted between Circle Drive and Arlington Avenue.
Traffic will be accommodated in the southbound lanes and is expected to be in place until the end of May.
The city is asking drivers to allow extra time when travelling through the orange zone, watch for pedestrians and work crews and obey all detours, signs and barriers.
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