This release was issued under a previous government.

Eastbound and westbound Highway 22X traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction and be detoured onto a 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. The detour accommodates overhead bridge construction.

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 nightly from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Aug. 1-11. The work is being done at night to minimize traffic impacts. 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.

Media inquiries may be directed to:

Trent Bancarz
Communications
Alberta Transportation
780-427-0623
[email protected]

Jennifer Wagar
Communications Co-ordinator
Chinook Roads Partnership
403-615-8645
[email protected]

To call toll free within Alberta dial 310-0000.