There haven’t been many issues for motorists thus far since construction began on the 65th Avenue interchange.
An abundance of rain last July slowed crews down for a short period of time, but they were able to do some catchup work in the fall.
Over the next few weeks girders for the new bridge will be installed.
“When we get the materials in we’ll start flying those over. They got the cross-overs paved in the fall of 2023 so that we’d be able to do that work over the winter.” Leduc’s director of Engineering and Environment Shawn Olson told the One.
Most of that work will be done during off-peak hours, which means motorists likely won’t have to cope with construction slowdowns until the southbound off-ramp from the QEII to 50th Street is closed in late spring or summer.
“Once we start working on the bridge work there we won’t be able to re-open that until all the tie-ins are done. That’s probably the most significant impact that motorists will see,” Olson said.
And there’s some good news in the construction forecast because the project is still running on time.
“We did find a lot of additional topsoil material on the west side of the QEII which was a bit of a surprise over and above what our geo-tech people had said. But, we’ve been navigating it so far, and so far, we are on budget.” Olson added.
The new interchange is expected to be complete in the summer of 2025.
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