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The following is a selection of the most significant road closures and expected traffic delays in and around the city of Kingston for the week ending Aug. 5, 2022. Full lists of closures and delays provided by the City of Kingston and the MTO can be viewed here and here.

Drivers should expect delays on Bath Road from Centennial to Coverdale from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night until August 5. Crews will be completing work microsurfacing the road.

The closure of Ellerbeck Street from Davidson to King will take place until 7 a.m. on August 5 for new services to Ellerbeck Street. 

Fort Henry Drive will experience a northbound lane closure from the RMC Entrance (South of HWY2) to 400m North of Forth Henry Parking Lot from Aug. 2 to Aug. 19 for new gravity sewer installation along the east shoulder of Fort Henry Drive. 

At Front Road and King Street West from Sand Bay Lane to Country Club Drive, drivers should expect traffic delays due to lane reduction to a single lane each direction until the end of 2022, as crews install a new watermain and sanitary forcemain for Utilities Kingston.      

Along Glen Cove Street from Lashford to Prince Charles drivers should expect delays as crews will be working August 5 to August 8 to complete road resurfacing. 

Drivers on Glenmore Avenue /Lashford Street/Centre Street/ Cross Street/Britt Street/Lea Place from Centre to Collins Bay should also expect delays expect delays from August 5 to August 8 to complete road resurfacing.

The sidewalk on the south side of Grenadier Drive at Windfield Crescent may be restricted weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. A flag-person will be on-site to direct traffic and assist pedestrians.

Lower Union Street from Ontario to King will be closed to through traffic from July 4 to Aug.12 to replace gas mains and services in the area.

Drivers along Norman Rogers Drive from Mulcaster to Roden should expect a lane closure from July 18 to August 31, from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. as contractors install new gas mains and services.

Reduced lanes are expected on Ontario Street at Lower Union in both directions until August 12 to replace gas mains and services in the area. 

Lane shifts will occur on Princess Street, from McMahon Ave to McMichael St / Hillendale Ave, until August 8, 2022, for service disconnects and new service connections for 1316 & 1318 Princess St.

Road closures on St. Lawrence Avenue from King to Stuart, and Stuart Street from Albert to University, will be in place until Aug 12 as a contractor will be replacing aging water and sewer mains. 

Stephen Street will be closed from Montreal to Patrick St. from Aug. 2 to Sept. 2 for the installation of sanitary sewer system and road reconstruction.

Sydenham Street from Princess to Queen will be closed every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Sept. 3 for the Sounds of Sydenham, and next week will be closed on Aug. 2 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. for cornice, roofing and scaffold work.

Wright Crescent from the south intersection of Palace to 16 Palace will be closed until Jan. 31, 2023, for construction staging for 11 Wright Cres. Please note that access to Wright Cres will be through the North intersection of Wright Cres at Palace Rd.

The Rideau Trail, from Sherwood to Queen Mary, will be closed until August 31 at 5:30 p.m. for crews to replace sanitary main, install shoring and build a new gravel pathway. 

Robert Bruce Garage Closure 

According to Loyalist Township, Coco Paving has advised that construction will soon begin on Highway 33 from 225 m east of Sir John Johnson Drive easterly to 500 m East of County Road 4. Construction activities consist of hot mix paving, grading and storm sewer repairs.

John Counter Blvd from Montreal Street to Ascot Lane: 

The dates above will be subject to change depending on the weather.

Drivers are advised that Highway 401 eastbound and westbound near Napanee, Ontario, will be impacted due to construction activities including culvert replacement/rehabilitation, structural rehabilitation and paving operations, beginning on Monday, May 16 to Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. 

Fidelity Engineering & Construction Inc. is the General Contractor performing the construction activities for the Ministry of Transportation under Contract 2021-4081. Highway 401 will be impacted by these construction activities from 1.4 km East of Palace Road to 1 km East of County Road 6 near Napanee ON. 

Lower Brewers Swing Bridge – closed until further notice. Temporary bridge closure signs and detour signs have been installed. Parks Canada is continuing with their efforts to replace the bridge.

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