Construction work on the Victoria Street West improvements project will be going on for 24 hours, starting this Sunday.
The City of Kamloops says the extended work hours will help speed up the project timeline up a few months to the summer of 2020.
“In the initial stages of planning, it was felt that this project would be complete by winter 2020. However, Extreme Excavating has been very innovative in helping us identify ways to shorten the duration of construction and thereby minimize the impact on the businesses affected and on commuting traffic,” said Darren Crundwell, the City’s Capital Projects Manager.
“This move to a 24-hour construction schedule for the next six to eight weeks will allow work to proceed much faster and ultimately will shorten the initial duration of the project by four to six months.”
During daytime hours, Crundwell says two lanes of traffic will be maintained. Decisions on a switch to single-lane, alternating traffic during the evening will be made by Extreme as the night work progresses.
Work is underway on both stages 1 and 2 of the project until the end of July.
Stage 1 construction is taking place between 1st Avenue and the centre island at Seymour Street West/Victoria Street West. Current Stage 1 traffic flow patterns will remain in place, and transit and emergency services vehicles will continue to receive priority routing around the Stage 1 construction zone.
Stage 2 includes the Victoria Street West corridor from Seymour Street West near the BCLC upper parking lot entrance to just west of Boomers Automotive, near the Overlanders Bridge.