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Langford

• • 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]
  • Monday November 4 to Friday November 8. Station Ave (761 Station Ave). Traffic delays, lane closed. 7 am to 4 pm. To accommodate roadworks in the road right-of-way.
  • Friday November 8. Bray Ave (Carlow rd to Rite Rd). Traffic delays, single lane alternating. 8 am to 3:30 pm.
  • Monday November 11. Temporary road closures for Remembrance Day, on Veterans Memorial Parkway, Station Avenue, and Goldstream Avenue. 9 am to 12 noon.
  • Friday November 15. Jenkins Ave and Glen Lake Road. Temporary road closure *at both intersections* and detour for sewer extension. 7 am to 5 pm. Residents and transit users will be allowed access.
  • Tuesday November 26. Bray Ave (Carlow Rd to Rita Rd). Traffic delays during foundation concrete pour.
  • Saturday November 30. Bryn Maur Road traffic delay/road closure for an event, 12 noon to 5 pm. Access to Langford Plaza and Goldstream Station will be maintained.
  • LANGFORD TRAFFIC: News Archive (2019 to 2022)
  • All Langford Traffic Advisories

Colwood

• • Colwood – traffic notices by the City of Colwood
  • Monday October 30 to November 30. Metchosin Rd (from Royal Commons to Ryder Hesjedal Way). Traffic delays during watermain construction along the east side of Metchosin Rd. Daily 7 am to 5:30 pm.
  • November 1 to mid-December. Veterans Memorial Parkway (from Allandale Rd to Brookside Rd, and Latoria Rd from VMP to Quarry St). Daily 7 am to 5 pm. Lane closures during BC Hydro work to expand and increase service capacity by installing underground ducts and structures.
  • November 12, 2024 to January 17, 2025. Tipton Road. Watermain upgrades, 7 amt to 5 pm daily, with occasional extended days and hours of operation as needed.
  • November 25 & 26. Wilfert and Wale Roads. paving on Wilfert Road and sections of Wale Road.
  • November 26 & 27. Metchosin Rd & Painter Rd. Installation of electrical conduit for bus pad lighting.

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). Link to come.
  • October 31. Charters Road in Sooke is now open.

  • 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.
      

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