OTTAWA — The $206-million Highway 417 expansion project in Ottawa transitioned into the second and final stage of construction on July 11.
The second stage of construction will focus on rehabilitating the median, as well as replacing the Lees Avenue and Vanier Parkway bridges using rapid replacement construction techniques.
Stage 2 construction will require traffic lanes to be reconfigured from the inside lanes to the outside lanes. Beginning July 11, traffic control barriers in the eastbound lanes will be reconfigured.
Reconfiguration of the traffic control barriers in the westbound lanes are scheduled to occur overnight beginning as early as July 21. As the work is occurring overnight, traffic impacts should be minimal.
Bridge work, including widening and replacing the Hurdman and Belfast bridges and widening and rehabilitating the Central Transitway and St. Laurent Boulevard bridges will continue into the second stage of construction.
The expansion project is part of the Rideau Transit Group’s (RTG) contract to design, build, finance and maintain Ottawa’s first Light Rail Transit (LRT) system.
The additional lane from this expansion will be used for bus rapid transit during the 2015 to 2018 phase of the Confederation Line construction.
RTG will also supply the light rail transit vehicles, build a maintenance and storage facility and provide 30 years of maintenance.
The first stage of construction began in May 2013 where construction activities focused on expanding Highway 417 to create one additional lane in both directions, between Nicholas Street and the Split, including utility relocation, construction of related drainage works, roadside protection and retaining walls.
Other significant works completed in stage 1 includes realigning the Highway 174 off-ramp to St. Laurent Boulevard, as well as the rapid removal of the Lees Avenue Bridge.
The Highway 417 Expansion project is scheduled to be completed in fall 2015.
Many of these construction elements are weather-dependant and may be implemented later than the dates given.
Follow @DCN_Canada on Twitter for more construction stories and videos.
Recent Comments
comments for this post are closed