The City of Williams Lake will be completing the reconstruction of fourth avenue north from Cameron Street to Comer Street.
The work is scheduled to begin this Wednesday (July 2) and go right through until October.
Senior Engineering Technologist for the City, Jeff Bernardy said that block of 4th avenue is getting pretty old and starting to wear out. “
It’s got old asphalt sidewalk, the water main is undersized, the asphalt’s failing, so the City will be reconstructing it. It will get new surface, new asphalt, new curb, gutter, sidewalk, water main and some new storm upgrades as well so it’ll spruce up that block for many years to come.”
While the work is being done Bernardy said residents and visitors should expect delays, detours, parking restrictions and other temporary impacts to both vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
“The block will be limited to local traffic only during construction so residents will still be able to access their property but we’re discouraging thru traffic and during the work there will be some parking restrictions and there will be flaggers on site giving advice.”
The City said access to properties will be maintained as much as possible however some phases of construction may require temporary access via rear lanes only and on-street parking will not be permitted for the duration of the project which is expected to last until October.
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