Traffic disruption to impact West Royalty neighbourhood for three months

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A $4-million culvert substitute challenge in Charlottetown goes to disrupt site visitors motion in West Royalty for the subsequent three months.

Starting on Sept. 8, town will shut Seashore Grove Highway, from the intersection at North River Highway to Scott Avenue. Detours will go up very first thing that morning and stay in place for about 12 weeks.

“It’s a busy space,’’ Scott Adams, supervisor of public works, stated in a Sept. 6 interview with SaltWire Community on the Ellen’s Creek bridge, the place the work will happen. “It is rather unlucky that we’ve to close down the highway, however I’d reasonably shut down the highway now earlier than something did occur to the (previous) field culvert.’’

The detours will imply pedestrians gained’t be capable of cross the bridge and motorists coming into or exiting Lewis Level Park and Orchard Hill neighbourhoods can have to take action through the Maypoint roundabout.

“It’ll be very impactful to the residents … however we admire their persistence and hope they may work with us,’’ Adams stated. “We’ll do all the pieces we will to hurry up this course of and ensure it goes as easily and as shortly as we will.’’

Natasha McKarris, who works on the Arlington Orchard fruit and vegetable stand on the Ellen’s Creek Plaza, stated the challenge goes to have an effect on her enterprise and her life.

“I reside up at Maypoint and I’ve acquired children that go to highschool which can be going to be affected by this,’’ McKarris stated. “For me, to get down from there and swing round to right here on what’s already a busy road goes to be a problem.’’

McKarris added that is additionally the time of yr when apples are in season, and enterprise actually picks up.

“It’s going to impression us as a result of it is going to be laborious to get out and in of right here (off North River Highway) with (the Seashore Grove Highway entrance-exit not an choice.’’

Must get performed

Adams stated the work is critical.

“We’re standing over what we name an present creosote field culvert,’’ Adams stated. “It’s on the finish of its helpful life cycle.’’

He stated as soon as the detours are posted Sept. 8 the contractor will start excavating the previous field culvert, which has to go to a particular landfill and be handled otherwise from common materials.

Then, massive sheet piling will likely be put in place to dam the water on each side of the bridge earlier than water will likely be pumped out of the world the place the previous field culvert has to return out and the brand new one goes in. Following that, the highway, sub-basing supplies and the previous culvert will come out and a brand new basis will then go in.

The brand new field culvert will include seven massive concrete culverts. The opening for every of them alone measures 3.5 metres in width by 2.1 metres in peak.

“The majority of the work is getting these in place as a result of they’re so heavy,’’ Adams stated. “They’ll solely be capable of place a pair a day.’’

The challenge will embrace some mandatory water and sewer work as effectively.

A significant excessive strain water line stretches the size of Seashore Grove Highway so the contractor will likely be putting in a strain aid valve within the Forest Drive space that can scale back water strain to residents in addition to provide them with water during the challenge.

The work may even embrace changing the ageing guardrails on both facet of Ellen’s Creek and putting in a brand new pedestrian fence on the north facet of the bridge.

In an effort to assist out pedestrians who reside within the affected neighbourhoods, town and T3 Transit have arrange a schedule that can see steady bus service provided.

T3 transit routes 2 and three will likely be impacted within the native space, so whereas work is going down, T3 will function a shuttle bus 7-9 a.m., midday to 1 p.m. and 4-5:30 p.m. each day.

The buses may even shuttle passengers to and from the neighbourhood to the West Royalty Industrial Park space to attach with the mainline buses for every route.

Have to know

Following is details about the $4 million field culvert substitute challenge on Seashore Grove Highway:

• When: Detour indicators go up Sept. 8 and can impression the morning commute.

• The challenge will take an estimated 12 weeks to finish.

• The place: Seashore Grove Highway will likely be closed from North River Highway to Scott Avenue. Site visitors can solely enter or exit the Lewis Level Park and Orchard Hills neighbourhoods through the Maypoint roundabout.

• Why: To interchange an present picket culvert beneath the highway that has reached the tip of its lifespan with a brand new twin concrete field culvert. • Venture work additionally features a sidewalk, shoreline safety, guardrails and a brand new pedestrian fence.