![]() ![]() While the project is moving quickly, timely completion will be subject to the fall/winter weather and delays are now anticipated into early March due to availability of materials such as asphalt during the winter months. The Contractor will be pouring the bridge structure shortly allowing the railroad tracks to be moved back onto the original alignment this fall. The Underpass Structure itself has the base slab and east and west walls constructed. ![]() The road works are almost entirely complete along Lakeshore Road and Ross Street NE south of Lakeshore. September 2022 Update: The Ross Street Underpass project is continuing to progress and is estimated to be approximately 65% complete. Some of these walls will form part of the permanent underpass support walls and some are temporary installations, which will be removed once the underpass has been dugout and the rail bridge works are complete. It will also stabilize and protect the existing bypass rail track. This type of shoring is called sheet piles shoring and it will help to protect the excavation area from any sloughing during construction. The contractor is installing shoring walls in preparation for the major excavation of the underpass area. Ross Street Underpass Update April 2022: You may have noticed the activities at the Ross Street Underpass construction site, a large crane and steel structures. ![]() The Prime Contractor on the project is Kingston Construction Ltd, who is employing many local subcontractors including Landmark Solutions, Webb Contracting Ltd, Okanagan Aggregates, Grizzly Curb and Concrete and All-Phase Electric keeping dollars within the community. Please watch out for construction crews and follow all signage. There will be many detours and traffic changes throughout the course of construction to allow construction to proceed safely and quickly. The portion of the parking lot is being used as a staging area to hold construction equipment and materials. The Ross Street Parking lot will be partially occupied by the City’s Contractor throughout the course of construction. The bypass track will allow the contractor to construct the underpass at the ultimate location while allowing rail traffic to continue through the construction site, maximizing safety and efficiency. The first phases of the project, to be completed in the Fall of 2021, include constructing underground utilities on the north side of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) lands and constructing a bypass track rerouting rail traffic to the north. The Ross Street Underpass is currently under construction with an estimated completion of March 2023. ![]()
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