Section of Halifax’s Gottingen Street to be closed for 2 weeks: HRM

A section of Gottingen Street in Halifax will be closed for two straight weeks, according to the city.

According to a Halifax Regional Municipality news release, Gottingen between Sullivan and Almon streets will close to traffic starting Monday at 7 a.m.

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The closure will remain in effect until the morning of Sept. 2.

The city says the closure is necessary to “facilitate tram rail removal, placement of new gravel, and paving.”

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Young and Kay streets will remain open, the city says, except when work is being done in the Gottingen Street intersection.

Almon Street will remain open at all times.

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Traffic control personnel will be in place to redirect motorists and pedestrians around the work site.