Calgary road closures and lane restrictions for January 17, 2013

Calgary, AB – January 17, 2013 For immediate release

Traffic announcement

Due to the construction of the new Chinook CTrain Station several traffic cameras will be offline for one to two weeks.

Southeast

44 Street S.E. between 23 Avenue and 26 Avenue S.E. will be fully closed starting at 7 a.m. Monday, January 21 until 6 p.m. Tuesday, January 22 for a water main repair. Detour signs will be posted.

Blackfoot Trail S.E., south of Heritage Drive S.E, will have northbound and southbound right lanes closed daily, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Friday, January 25, for traffic signal installation. The speed limit will be reduced to 50 km/h.

Highway 22X and Deerfoot Trail S.E., motorists may experience traffic delays in each direction, between 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Friday, January 18, for bridge construction.

84 Street S.E. at Frontier Road S.E., speed limit will be reduced to 50 km/h, between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, from Monday, January 14 to Friday, January 25, for traffic signal installation.

The westbound, right hand lane, on Glenmore Trail S.E. at Centre Street, is closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, from Saturday, January 19 to Sunday, January 20, for streetlight repairs.

The eastbound lane on 6 Avenue S.E. between Macleod Trail and 3 Street S.E. will be closed for construction.

Northeast

Edmonton Trail N.E. from 16 Avenue N.E. to 40 Avenue N.E., various northbound and southbound lane closures, between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, from Wednesday, January 9 to Friday, January 25, for utility work.

Edmonton Trail N.E. between 9 Avenue N.E. and 10 Avenue N.E., restricted to one lane in each direction, from 9 a.m. Thursday, January 17 to 6 p.m. Saturday, January 19, for water utilities.

Bridge Crescent N.E. will be closed at the 800 block, from 8 a.m. Thursday, January 17 to 2 p.m. Friday, January 18, for utilities.

Northwest

Crowchild Trail at 32 Avenue N.W. will be reduced by one lane in both directions at various times from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, January 18 for streetlight bulb replacement.

Northbound Centre Street at north of 55 Avenue N.W., there is uneven roadway due to frost. Please drive with caution in this area.

This work is part of a number of ongoing road closures and lane restrictions in Calgary. For more information on these and other closures, please visit www.calgary.ca/trafficinfo.

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