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Langford

• • Thursday March 13 to Friday April 18. Happy Valley Road at Englewood Ave. Intermittent traffic delays during blasting, 9 am to 4:30 pm.
  • Sunday March 23. Florence Lake Road between Rhapsody place and Setchfield Ave. 11 am to 4 pm. Traffic delays during lane closure.
  • Monday March 24 to Staurday March 29. Revilo Place at the intersection of Phipps Rd. Traffic delays 7 am to 5 pm during BC Hydro underground ducting installation.
  • LANGFORD TRAFFIC: News Archive (2019 to 2022)
  • All Langford Traffic Advisories

Colwood

• • Colwood – traffic notices by the City of Colwood
  • Feb 10 to March 13. Island Highway (Sooke Rd) at the Wale Rd / Ocean Blvd intersection. Slower traffic during work to prepare the Park & Ride for EV charging stations. Sidewalk closed to pedestrians and cyclists. 7 am to 5 pm.
  • March 17 to 28. Kelly Road and Lagoon Road. Single lane alternating traffic during road paving. Starting 8 am, Mon-Fri.

View Royal & Burnside

• • View Royal – municipal page
  • Summer 2024 to Fall 2025 – Upgrade to Hwy 1 Colquitz Bridges over Burnside Rd. Construction period: summer 2024 and project completion forecast for fall of 2025.

  • Sooke

• • Jan to Dec 2024. Charters Road construction, Mon to Fri (7 am to 7 pm), all year. Single lane traffic. | Update on May 27: Charters closed to through-traffic May 27 to mid-October 2024. | Charters Road spurs on Throup Road debate (June 22, 2024).
  • Tuesday September 24, 2024. Partial re-opening of Charters Road (from Highway 14). 
  • October 31. Charters Road in Sooke is now open.
  • Open House about Highway 14 at Idlemore Road intersection safety improvements. Coming soon at Saseenos Elementary. (Being rescheduled from Jan 29 to another date)

  • Saanich & Peninsula

    • Dec 9 to 20. Sinclair Road closed 24/7 (including weekends), from Clarndon Rd to Haro Rd for storm drain installation. Traffic barricades will be in place, with signage to redirect traffic. Local traffic will have access to personal residences; access to UVic parking lots will be permitted; businesses remain open. The work is part of the Sinclair Road Upgrades Project (for safer commuting through Cadboro Bay).
      

      Malahat / Cowichan / Duncan

  • September 15 to mid-October. Malahat summit repaving. 5.5 km stretch of Highway 1 from the Malahat summit viewpoint to Bamberton, as far north as Mill Bay Road. In the evenings and overnight, during off-peak travel times only: 8 pm on Sundays to 5 am on Thursdays. Single-lane alternating traffic control from 10 pm to 5 am. Passage will be maintained through the area with anticipated delays as long as 20 minutes. [Info from BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure]
  • Friday Oct 4 to end of October. Malahat summit repaving. 3.5 km stretch of Highway 1 near Goldstream from south of the Aspen Road intersection to just south of the recently completed Tunnel Hill washout repair site. In the evenings and overnight, during off-peak travel times only: 8 pm on Sundays to 5 am on Thursdays. Single-lane alternating traffic control from 10 pm to 5 am. Passage will be maintained through the area with anticipated delays as long as 20 minutes. [Info from BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure]
    

    Port Renfrew

    • No traffic notes at this time.
      

      HIGHWAYS – SAFETY

      • Remember to drive  safely.  Slow   down  in   construction  zones.