This release was issued under a previous government.
July 12, 2012
Overhead bridge construction detours nighttime traffic on Highway 22X in Calgary
Calgary... Motorists are advised that a temporary nighttime traffic detour will be in effect next week on Highway 22X near the 52nd Street SE interchange in southeast Calgary as part of the Southeast Stoney Trail Project.
Overhead bridge construction will require motorists travelling on the existing eastbound and westbound lanes on Highway 22X to be shifted onto a temporary detour just west of the 52nd Street SE intersection. Eastbound and westbound traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction and will be detoured onto a new temporary alignment directly north of the current roadway. Minor stoppages of traffic on Highway 22X and 52nd Street SE will occur. Traffic control personnel will be on site.
Northbound and southbound 52nd Street SE will also be reduced to one lane in each direction to accommodate this work.
This detour will be in effect from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. July 17- 31. Please note dates are subject to change.
Motorists should use caution in this area and obey all signs, message boards, and flag people. Fines for speeding are doubled in construction zones when workers are present.
The Alberta government signed a 33-year agreement with Chinook Roads Partnership to design, build, operate and partially finance the southeast leg of the Stoney Trail ring road from its junction with 17th Avenue SE, south along the City of Calgary’s eastern limit, then west along Highway 22X to east of the Macleod Trail interchange. The new road will be fully open to traffic by the fall of 2013.
Visit www.sestproject.ca for more information.
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