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CBS News
5 hours ago
- Automotive
- CBS News
Two weekends of paving to begin on Friday in Oakland. Here's what motorists need to know
Traffic in Oakland will get even dicier over the next couple of weeks as two lanes of traffic on Forbes Avenue will be closed on the weekend as crews begin paving. According to Pittsburgh Regional Transit, crews will be restoring the road as part of the University Line bus rapid transit project. Crews will be paving the right lane of Forbes Avenue at three different locations beginning on Friday, August 1, at 8 p.m., and the work will continue until 5 p.m. on Saturday, August 2. Those three locations are between Craft Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard. While crews will be working on the right lane, the center lane will be blocked by construction equipment, with crews maintaining one lane of traffic during the paving. Parking and stopping will be prohibited during the project. Drivers and pedestrians can expect the following this weekend: Then, on Saturday, August 9, paving will take place in the right lane of Forbes Avenue from Schenley Drive to Schenley Drive Extension. PRT is expected to release more details on that paving project next week. Pittsburgh Regional Transit's University Line project is expected to be completed in 2027.
CTV News
22-07-2025
- Automotive
- CTV News
Overnight closures come to Winnipeg intersection
Abinojii Mikinah and St. Mary's Road will see closures nightly for paving starting Tuesday night, with work expected to be finished by July 29. An intersection in Winnipeg will be closing overnight for a week to allow for paving work to take place. Abinojii Mikinah and St. Mary's Road will see closures nightly starting Tuesday night, with work expected to be finished by July 29. From July 22 to 24, the closures will run from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. There will be only one lane open in each direction of Abinojii Mikinah, and the left turn lanes onto St. Mary's will be reduced to one lane in both directions. Overnight Friday, there will be no left turns from either direction of St. Mary's onto Abinojii Mikinah, and no through traffic on St. Mary's at Abinojii Mikinah. Only one lane in each direction of Abinojii Mikinah will be open. This closure will also last from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Over the weekend, the closures will run from 4 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly, and no traffic will be allowed across the intersection in any direction, and no left turns in any direction will be allowed. There will only be right turns allowed for all four directions of traffic. The same closures from the weekend will be in effect on July 28 from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
CBC
22-07-2025
- Automotive
- CBC
Weeklong disruptions expected at Abinojii Mikanah, St. Mary's Road intersection due to overnight roadwork
A busy intersection in Winnipeg's St. Vital area will be closing for hours-long stretches overnight this week. Paving work begins Tuesday and that means Abinojii Mikanah at St. Mary's Road will undergo a series of closures through Monday morning, a news release from the city said on Tuesday. Only one lane of Abinojii Mikanah will be open in each direction starting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday until 6 a.m. the next morning. Left turns onto St. Mary's will be down to one lane in each direction, and drivers can expect to see changes to right turns onto Abinojii Mikanah, including yields and detours around pedestrian islands. Friday starting at 6 p.m. until 6 a.m., no left turns will be allowed in either direction from St. Mary's onto Abinojii Mikanah, and there will be no through traffic on St. Mary's at Abinojii Mikanah. It won't be possible to turn left in either direction off Abinojii Mikanah onto St. Mary's, and only one lane will stay open in each direction of Abinojii Mikanah. The entire intersection will close down in all directions on Saturday and Sunday starting at 4 p.m. until 6 a.m. There will be no left turns in any direction, only right turns. From 6 p.m. Sunday until 6 a.m. Monday, there will also be no traffic allowed to cross the intersection, no left turns and only right turns in all four directions, the city said. The intersection is expected to reopen fully on Tuesday, July 29.
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Expect delays: Everett traffic will be jammed by 14-week paving project
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) just announced a prodigious paving project on I-5, starting Saturday, July 19. Work is scheduled mostly evenings and overnight hours, but commuters may see occasional daytime work. No matter how you slice it, commuting through Everett is going to get rough at times during this 14-week project. 'Saturday evening in Everett, the contractors are going to start shutting down up to four left lanes to begin the grinding part of this repavement project,' WSDOT spokesperson Della Kostelnik Juarez said. 'The lanes are going to start shutting down at 7 p.m. (and) reopen at 9 a.m. on Sunday, close again at 7 p.m. Sunday and reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, there will be no work on Monday (evening).' The work starts on southbound I-5 between 41st Street and 100th Street Southeast, near the Everett Mall. Once contractors complete work in the southbound lanes, they will repave the same section in the northbound lanes of I-5. The schedule throughout the 14-week project includes closures: From 7 p.m. Saturday, July 19 to 9 a.m. Sunday, July 20. From 7 p.m. Sunday, July 20 to 5 a.m. Monday, July 21. From 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly Tuesday, July 22 to Friday morning, July 25. WSDOT will inform us if there are any changes. The Broadway HOV on-ramp to southbound I-5 will also close during the roadwork, but the general purpose on-ramp from Broadway will remain open. Some of this work needs dry weather and may need to be rescheduled. The Everett pavement project will repave 4 miles on I-5 This pavement repair project will repave approximately 4 miles of southbound I-5 in Everett and is expected to finish later this fall. Motorcyclists should watch for grooved, uneven pavement and use extreme caution. 'We really encourage people to look at our travel page and look at our travel map to see what is going to be open and closed,' Juarez added. Solve the daily Crossword
CBC
21-07-2025
- CBC
St. Thomas homeowners out thousands warn of driveway paving scam
A tall pile of asphalt concrete surrounded by pylons has been sitting in front of the torn up driveways of neighbours Pat Church and Barb Marriott outside their St. Thomas homes since last week. The seniors say it's the doing of a group of men who claimed to work for a reputable paving company and offered to fix their driveways, giving them a deal they couldn't refuse. "A person came and approached us, he said he'll have it all done in one day and it'll be $5,000 cash. He said we'll be very happy," Marriott recalled, saying she agreed to get the job started but refused to pay until it was completed. Church's son however, paid them upfront. The workers were supposed to return the next day to put on finishing touches, but they never showed up and were nowhere to be found. The women asked others on their street if they had similar encounters and later realized they'd been scammed — and are now on the hook to fix the mess their driveways are in. It's also the case for Melinda Tales. She lives a few blocks down and lost $6,000 to a group of men she believes is the same, who told her they'd do much-needed repairs for a limited time offer. "At the time I said, 'No, I'm not interested.' However, my laneway was in bad shape and I thought maybe I'll just get it done for a good price. He did explain they were only in town for a brief time, and so they're doing deals for people now while they can," said Tales. "They came, they didn't talk, they laid the asphalt and then they left. No receipt, no card," said Tales, whose driveway was also left unfinished. "There's supposed to be a five-year warranty and I don't know how that happens without a receipt." Tales and other homeowners have since filed a police report. They're sharing their stories to warn others as they believe residents in other neighbourhoods may also fall victim to the alleged scam. The ordeal has been challenging to cope with for Tales, who said she lost money she was saving up to buy a new vehicle she really needed. "I honestly feel sick to my stomach; $6,000 isn't money that I can just pull out of a hat. I work part time myself so to save that money up for a vehicle was really hard for me to do," she said. "People are struggling out there so to take advantage of others is absolutely disgusting." Paving company's real owner speaks out In both situations, homeowners said two men with thick Scottish accents went door-to-door in their neighbourhoods, claiming to work for a company called True North Seal and collected either full payments or deposits. A series of complaints have prompted the paving company's real owner Macauley Goldsmith to inform the community that True North Seal is not involved in these incidents and someone is impersonating them. "It's me and another guy that do this, and very rarely will we go door-to-door to actually get sales. We just have people call us," said Goldsmith, whose company has been around for five years and serves the St. Thomas, Port Stanley and London areas. "It's frustrating because I do have a lot of good reviews on Google and obviously it could affect my business, especially in a small town when there's not too many people doing it." He said door-to-door asphalt scams are becoming more common. His advice to homeowners is to ask for websites and business cards, take a look at their vehicles and setup to see if it's branded and photos of previous jobs they've completed. Potential scammers may not have immediate answers to those questions which can be a tell, he added. Meanwhile Marriott and Church are waiting to learn how much more they have to pay to fix their driveways. "I don't know what the bill is gonna be for this because we have to hire another [contractor], and now we have to pay for the whole driveway again," said Marriott.
