Traffic lanes being moved
The city is proactively shifting Robert Service Way traffic lanes away from the base of the escarpment.
The city is proactively shifting Robert Service Way traffic lanes away from the base of the escarpment.
Ramp work occurred overnight. The lane shift will be complete by Thursday morning.
The road remains open to vehicle traffic while the work takes place.
“We ask that you use caution and follow signage in the area,” the city said Tuesday afternoon.
The Millennium Trail will remain open.
“The aim of this work is to reduce the impact of potential landslides by creating extra space between the escarpment and traffic,” the city said.
Once crews have shifted the road, they will begin removing accumulated material from along the base of the escarpment.
This will create space for more material in the event that a landslide takes place this spring, as slides did in April 2022 and April 2023.
The work will not affect the flow of traffic.
Comments (2)
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caroline on Mar 27, 2024 at 6:48 pm
Would it be possible to paint lines this year in that area especially that you're moving the road a bit...some people are very confused about where the line in the middle should be.
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Bruce Bark on Mar 27, 2024 at 3:32 pm
So in other words,......the city will be doing exactly what the Whitepass Railway did for 100yrs......remove the debris. How many consulting dollars were spent to come up with this obvious solution?