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CTV News
5 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
Accelerated Valley Line West LRT construction on schedule: City of Edmonton
Construction workers are busy finishing up a stretch of the Valley Line West LRT at Stony Plain Road and 124 Street (CTV News Edmonton/Galen McDougall) The City of Edmonton says its accelerated road work plan is working. On Wednesday, the city and Marigold Infrastructure Partners (MIP) gave an update on the sped-up Valley Line West LRT work. The new plan including full intersection closures along the LRT route began in April and will run until November, with the goal of reducing the overall duration of traffic disruptions and getting LRT road work back on schedule. The city and Marigold said the full closure of Stony Plain Road at 124 Street reopened to traffic on June 11, one week ahead of schedule. Closures on Meadowlark Road and Stony Plain Road are both anticipated to end on schedule, they added. Meadowlark and 87 Avenue was partially closed to traffic May 1 and was expected to reopen Wednesday. Stony Plain Road and 156 Street was partially closed on April 21 and was expected to reopen on Thursday. Stony Plain Road and 142 Street was closed in mid-June and was expected to reopen in mid-August. According to the update, the intersection of 95 Avenue and 156 Street will partially close for nine weeks starting in late July; signage has been posted and more details on traffic impacts will be released later. The last phase will include work on Stony Plain Road and 149 Street. The city and Marigold said that work won't begin until work on Stony and 142 Street is finished. Construction on the Valley Line West began in 2022 and is expected to wrap up in 2028.
CTV News
12-06-2025
- Automotive
- CTV News
Stony Plain Road and 124 Street reopens
The intersection of Stony Plain Road and 124 Street has reopened after being closed for more than a month for Valley Line West LRT construction.
CTV News
11-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Stony Plain Road and 124 Street intersection reopens after Valley Line West LRT construction
Stony Plain Road and 124 Street in Edmonton on June 11, 2025. (Galen McDougall/CTV News Edmonton) The intersection of Stony Plain Road and 124 Street has reopened to traffic, one week ahead of schedule. Marigold Infrastructure Partners, the company building the Valley Line West LRT, fully closed the intersection on April 22 to speed up construction on the project. North and south traffic on 124 Street has reopened at full capacity, but east and west traffic on Stony Plain Road has been permanently reduced to one lane in both directions. Right and left turns are permitted, except for eastbound to northbound left turns, which are permanently banned. Pedestrian access has been reopened throughout the intersection. Marigold says drivers will continue to see construction in the area for several years until the LRT project is completed.
CBC
09-06-2025
- General
- CBC
Some LRT work wraps up, allowing Stony Plain Road and 124th Street to open u
The major intersection was blocked off to traffic and pedestrians for six weeks to help speed up Valley Line West LRT construction at the site. The City and the builder say the full closure worked. The project is still on track to finish in 2028.
CBC
08-06-2025
- Business
- CBC
Stony Plain Road, 124th Street intersection set to re-open after 6 weeks
Social Sharing The intersection of Stony Plain Road and 124th Street in Edmonton is expected to re-open to traffic and pedestrians next week, as crews wrap up construction on that section of the Valley Line West LRT, the City of Edmonton and Marigold Infrastructure Projects announced Friday. The intersection shut down completely on April 21 to allow crews to accelerate work on the LRT line. "We were going to be in this zone in a heavy way for about a year-and-a-half, and we've condensed that into seven weeks," Jonathan Cox, construction manager with Marigold Infrastructure Projects, the company building the line, said during a media availability Friday. Cox added that the intersection should open a few days earlier than originally scheduled. "It is huge," he said. "It's just because of the change of the rules about how we can access and which lanes we keep open." Brian Latte, the city's director of the Valley Line West, said the progress reflects well on the contractor. "We're really optimistic that they're just going to continue this effective work through the balance of this year until the end of the project," Latte said at the media availability. The Valley Line West LRT is now about 40 per cent complete, Cox said. It is expected to open in 2028. Businesses frustrated For six weeks, businesses on the corner of Stony Plain and 124th Street could only be accessed by the sidewalk. Some businesses nearby the closed-off area also felt the impact, including the Vetrina Cafe, which opened just south of Stony Plain Road last fall. "It was good. It was many customers," owner Fikra Moese told CBC News Friday. "Now it's very low … because of construction." Gallery and shop owners have noticed the impact, including the owner of the Lando Gallery, Brent Luebke, who says the signage is insufficient for pedestrians and motorists. "When people do come to the area, they just don't know where to go," Luebke told CBC News Friday. From his gallery, he said he has seen a lot of vehicles doing U-turns when they meet the fenced-off area to the north, and pedestrians are equally as lost. Luebke said he wants the city to put up signs farther down the street to give people more advanced notice. More construction Other intersections along the Valley Line West route are still under construction, including the 156th Street interchange and 159th Street/Meadowlark at 89th Avenue, which are set to remain closed until mid-July, the city said. The subsequent phase of work will start next week, moving up the road to 139th Street and Stony Plain Road in a previously unplanned closure for nine weeks. Starting June 10, the intersection at 142nd Street and Stony Plain Road will also be partially closed for nine weeks, the city said. The decision to simultaneously close both intersections will reduce long-term disruption to the neighbourhood, businesses and commuters, the city said in a news release Friday. 'The new normal' Latte, of the City of Edmonton, said municipal officials are discussing a similar approach on other projects that would see roads and intersections completely closed to speed up work. "If there's something that we can do at a location that's similar, that has the same results, absolutely it's something we would consider," Latte said. Cox acknowledged that there may have been some skeptics because of previous city projects that were delayed. The Valley Line Southeast LRT, for example, was nearly three years behind schedule when it opened in November 2023. The Walterdale Bridge replacement was two years behind when it opened in September 2017. But Cox described the accelerated approach as "the new normal." "We can deliver in these time frames," he said.
