Merritt road repairs and maintenance continue into late March

MERRITT — There will be a couple of road closures around Merritt in late March.

Watermain construction on Hamilton Hill Road by Gateway 286 will commence, requiring a road closure from March 21 – April 11, 2024.

There will also be Eight (8) pilaster replacements at multiple sites along De Wolf Way and Voght Street.

Construction for this project will commence March 20-21st, 2024.

For those waiting on the construction in front of the RCMP Station on Vogth Street to complete, the entire project is projected to continue into Fall of 2024.

As for the West Merritt Active Transportation Path, work has resumed March 18th and is expected to run until June 15th, 2024.

The pathway on Coldwater Avenue from Chapman Street to Voght Street and the 1300-1700 blocks of Voght Street are shutdown in the meantime.

The West Merritt Active Transportation Path is a provincially-funded project (2020-2021) to create more pathways for walking and biking, connecting various points within the city.

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Work on this project started early September 2022. Its original planned completion was Fall 2023.

However, as Fortis had intermediate pressure mains in the project area, the project needed to await approvals.

Typically, this approval process is only a few weeks.

However, in this particular instance, Fortis did not grant approval for nearly 9 months. This project is expected to restart imminently, depending on the contractor’s ability to obtain asphalt.

The public is asked to refrain from using the path for their own safety and to refrain from damaging the site. Construction signage and barricades will continue to remain in place while the project is ongoing.