Motorists advised of upcoming Terminal Avenue temporary lane closures

NEWS RELEASE - Distributed February 19, 2016 11:00 AM

Summary

Motorists are advised that work along Terminal Avenue between Stewart Avenue and St. George Street will lead to a temporary road closure between the hours of 9:00 am and 3:30 pm from Monday, February 22 to Friday, February 26.

Traffic management and control plans will be used while the work is carried out and will result in a temporary closure of one lane at a time for (a maximum of) one block sections. Peak travel times and BC Ferries arrival schedules have been identified and considered in the lane closure timing.

Configurations to mitigate traffic impacts have been planned to the best extent possible.

Link to Strategic Plan: N/A

Key Points

Motorists travelling along Terminal Avenue between Stewart Avenue and St. George Street between the hours of 9:00 am and 3:30 pm from Monday, February 22 to Friday, February 26 should expect delays.
The temporary lane closures are required to collect detailed topographic survey and utility locations.
Design of the Terminal Avenue Road Rehabilitation and Utility Upgrade project is being completed in 2016 with construction scheduled for 2017.

Quotes

"This project has some challenging construction aspects considering the utility alignments and heavy traffic volumes within the corridor. The temporary lane closures are an essential part of the data collection process on this project to ensure that the engineering design work is completed accurately. We thank residents for their patience."

Chris Lang

Project Engineer

City of Nanaimo

Quick Facts

This project includes road rehabilitation of approximately 1.4km of surface asphalt, as well as water, storm, and sanitary sewer utilities in and adjacent to the Terminal Avenue corridor.

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Contact:

Chris Lang

Project Engineer

City of Nanaimo

250-755-4495

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