SUNDRE – Motorists who regularly travel along the Highway 27-Main Avenue corridor through Sundre are in for one doozy of a road construction season that is expected to last until well into the fall.
Work is now officially underway on the Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors' long-anticipated redesign project that will see the installation of a new set of traffic lights at the intersection of highways 27-760, also known as the Bergen Road, and a single-lane roundabout on the west side of town at the junction of highways 27-22-584 as well as mini-roundabouts through the downtown core at 2nd, 3rd and 4th streets.
“The Highway 27 project is at the very early stages and the impact to Highway 27 traffic should be minimal during these first few weeks,” said Stuart Richardson, an infrastructure manager with TEC.
Once work is underway on the mini-roundabouts, westbound traffic coming into town from the east over the Red Deer River bridge will be detoured up 1st Street Northwest and then along 1st Avenue before ultimately reconnecting with Highway 27 just past the grocery store.
A one-way system will be implemented along Highway 27 for eastbound traffic.
The projected timeline anticipates construction activities from March through to October and is expected to be completed in November depending on the weather.
Motorists are advised to expect delays and to slow down around the work zones and follow posted speed limits as well as to keep an eye out for flaggers who will be on-site to help facilitate the flow of traffic.
Visit sundre.com/p/hwy-27 or the Alberta government's website for more details.
