With Phase One of the West Victoria construction project near the end, drivers through the construction zone can expect a change in traffic patterns.

Speaking on NL Newsday, Capital Projects Manager Darren Crundwell says things will soon be a little closer to normal.

“You’ll see two lanes of traffic merging at the intersection of West Victoria Street and Seymour,” he said. “All of the traffic control and barriers that are currently on 2nd Avenue, 3rd Avenue, that will all be gone. The flagging at the lights at 1st and Victoria will be gone.”

Crundwell says work has for the most part gone according to schedule, adding the corridor is still seeing about 30,000 vehicles passing through each day.

“The traffic volumes are going to be the same. The access is the same. Really it’s the detour and stuff that are going to get more simpler with these other phases. The impacts will still be there, but the traffic control will be simplified, which is a good thing.”

He’s adds things are on track to return to four lanes of traffic by the end of the year.