Short-term sidewalk closures planned this week in Queen St. construction zone

The work crews resurfacing Queen Street are planning short-term closures this week of the temporary sidewalks between March and Spring.

This is necessary as they do the prep work needed to install the new concrete sidewalks.

The sidewalk closures will happen at isolated locations with access to local businesses maintained from March or Spring and other pedestrians directed to walk through to the south side of Queen.

Queen Street is currently reduced to a single lane of traffic and one parking lane while work proceeds on one side of Queen at a time.

At this time, one lane is closed between March and Brock Street on north side.

Queen Street from Elgin to March will be fully closed for six weeks beginning in mid-August.

Here's what got done last week:

March to Spring (north side)

• completed electrical ducts for new street lighting between intersections

Spring to Brock (north side)

• completed electrical ducts for new street lighting between intersections
• completed installation of new valves and decommissioning of old service on existing watermain on Monday, July 8 during planned outage
• completed installation of new water service on Tuesday, July 9 and Wednesday during closure of Queen Street
• installed catch basin and storm leads

Here's what they're proposing to do this week:

March to Spring (north side)

• complete installation of electrical handholes at intersections
• complete grading for new sidewalk and boulevard area commencing July 15
• complete forming of new sidewalk and pour new concrete sidewalk if timing permits

Spring to Brock (north side)

• complete installation of catch basins and storm leads at Spring and at Brock
• install storm drains for new raised planters

The work is expected to be substantially completed late this fall with some work extending into 2025, depending on the final project limits.