There will be temporary traffic pattern changes along Highway 1 this weekend and next as construction crews work to install 75-metre steel girders that will form a eastbound on-ramp.
The ramp will connect Lougheed Highway westbound with Highway 1 eastbound and crews intend to conduct the work between 9 p.m. and 9 a.m. March 25 to 27 and April 1 to 3.
The girders will be transported from the nearby storage yard adjacent to the Coleman on-ramp and will be placed on top of support piers and bolted into place.
Traffic pattern changes include:
Lougheed Highway eastbound and westbound will be reduced to one lane in each direction;
drivers travelling on Lougheed eastbound, between Coleman Avenue and Cape Horn Interchange, will be diverted onto one of the Lougheed Highway's existing westbound lanes;
drivers travelling on Lougheed westbound to Highway 1 eastbound will remain in their existing lane;
drivers travelling on Lougheed eastbound and drivers travelling from Lougheed Highway to Highway 1 eastbound will be stopped for short periods of time by traffic control personnel;
the loop ramp from Highway 1 westbound to Lougheed Highway westbound will be closed and drivers will have to use the Brunette Avenue interchange;
the loop ramp from Highway 1 westbound to Lougheed eastbound will remain open.
All traffic pattern changes will have signs and drivers are reminded to exercise caution and obey the reduced speed limits when travelling through a construction zone.
