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The Wall Street Publication > Blog > World > Metropolis council mulls Stony Plain Street closures to hurry up LRT development: ‘Get it done’ – Edmonton
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Metropolis council mulls Stony Plain Street closures to hurry up LRT development: ‘Get it done’ – Edmonton

Editorial Board Published February 8, 2025
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Metropolis council mulls Stony Plain Street closures to hurry up LRT development: ‘Get it done’ – Edmonton
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For the previous few years, companies and other people dwelling alongside Stony Plain Street in west Edmonton have tailored to the fixed Valley Line LRT development.

Now, metropolis council is debating learn how to pace that course of up — however it might trigger some complications first.

Hear Information is one enterprise that’s no stranger to development out their entrance door on 124 Avenue, simply steps from the close by development on 104 Avenue/Stony Plain Street.

“I’ve shown up and they’ll have the sidewalk in front of our store closed at both ends for an undetermined amount of time,” mentioned Kris Burwash, proprietor of Hear Information.

The transit line work has impacted the shop for years, however that may quickly change. Nevertheless, it may include some rising pains.

“We’re like ground zero for the construction, so getting rid of it would be great I suppose. I can see the benefit,” mentioned Burwash.

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The Metropolis of Edmonton and Marigold Infrastructure Companions, the builders of the west leg of the Valley Line LRT,  have developed a plan to speed up the roadwork.

This might result in sure intersections being closed fully, for weeks or months, at a time.

“We’ve had so much construction fatigue and I’m hearing it from folks all the time now,” mentioned Ward Nakota Isga councillor Andrew Knack.

“That’s part of why I made the motion back in October to say, ‘okay, what would it take if we were just gonna get all the road work done this year? What kind of short-term pain would we have to face in order to just be done with it?’”

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“I generally am hearing from a lot of folks, the desire to say, ‘Can you rip the Bandaid off — get it done.’”

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1:54LRT development drags on; some Stony Plain Street companies shut

This might carry full and partial closures to many intersections in close to downtown and within the west finish. These embody:

Part 1 (April to July)

104 Avenue hall (106 Avenue to 121 Avenue)
Stony Plain Street at 124 Avenue (full closure)
Stony Plain Street at 156 Avenue
87 Avenue at Meadowlark Street

Part 2 (July to September)

104 Avenue hall (106 Avenue to 121 Avenue)
Stony Plain Street at 142 Avenue
95 Avenue at 156 Avenue

Part 3 (September to November)

104 Avenue hall (106 Avenue to 121 Avenue)
Stony Plain Street at 149 Avenue

The purpose is to finish development within the space by the top of this November.

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“The proposal is to have two teams working 10 hours a day. We’re not quite 24 hours a day, but there’s gonna be the staff needed to get that done in the timeline that we expect,” mentioned Knack.

Burwash mentioned he want to see the development cones cleared, so he’s on board — for now.

“They’ve never completely closed that intersection either though. So it’s easy to be like ‘Oh yeah I’m sure it’d be great’ but famous last words,” Burwash mentioned.

“I could be on board and then all of a sudden it’s like two months of no customers, because you can’t get here.”

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The report concerning the strategies for development and potential affect shall be mentioned at metropolis council on Feb. eleventh.

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The route between 129th and 139th streets, together with the brand new Stony Plain Street Bridge over Groat Street, will reopened to autos, cyclists and pedestrians again on the finish of November.

Stretches of the highway within the west finish had been closed since December 2022, when the previous bridge was demolished and has since been changed with a brand new span that accommodates LRT tracks.

Some vital visitors modifications have been made to the key roadway.

To accommodate the LRT tracks that may enable trains to journey between downtown and the west aspect of Edmonton, Stony Plain Street has been completely lowered to a single lane of visitors in both course.

Most intersections shall be completely restricted to proper in/proper out and left turns from Stony Plain Street onto most adjoining streets shall be completely banned. Left turns onto Stony Plain Street shall be maintained at 132 Avenue and 134 Avenue, Margold mentioned.

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Building on the $2.6-billion western leg of the LRT line from downtown to the west finish started in 2021 and was anticipated to take 5 to 6 years to finish.

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Marigold Infrastructure Companions is made up of crew members Colas, Parsons, Customary Common, Francl Structure, Quick & Epp and Stantec.

From finish to finish as soon as full, the Valley Line will run 27 km from Mill Woods within the southeast to Lewis Farms within the west finish.

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