20th Street temporary closed at Cumberland Road

COURTENAY, B.C. – A section of 20^th Street between Cumberland Road and Lambert Drive is closing for road construction and realignment work .

The road will reopen by Oct. 18, weather permitting.

The work, being done by Leighton Contracting, will include new curb, sidewalk and asphalt paving on 20^th Street, as the road is realigned at the entrance to Cumberland Road.

The new 20^th Street alignment will add a slight curve to the top end of 20^th Street to shift from the current angled entrance to Cumberland Road to a 90-degree entrance.

Commuters will be detoured via Lambert Drive and Arden Road. Signage is in place around the work zone.

According to a City of Courtenay release, traffic control personnel are on site to assist all commuters, including cyclists and pedestrians.

The old pavement and curbing in the decommissioned area of 20^th Street will be replaced with soils and grass seed.