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Transportation and Works
September 4, 2012

Public Advisory: Blasting Continues Near Outer Ring Road

Due to blasting activity, the Department of Transportation and Works advises intermittent traffic delays on the Outer Ring Road will continue daily until Friday, September 7. Thereafter, delays will not occur daily, but will occur several times per week into the fall.

The Outer Ring Road between Topsail Road Interchange and Thorburn Road interchange will be closed to both eastbound and westbound traffic during blasts. Until September 7, blasting will typically take place two to four times per day. After this time, blasting will take place two to four times per week. Road closures will last 10 to 15 minutes during each blast. City Sand & Gravel must carry out this blasting as part of operations at its quarry near the Outer Ring Road. Intermittent blasting will continue until November.

To help maintain traffic flow, blasts and road closures will not take place during the following peak traffic hours:

Blasting can occur at any time outside of these peak traffic hours.

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Media contact:

Jason Card
Director of Communications
Department of Transportation and Works
709-729-3015, 699-0470
jasoncard@gov.nl.ca 

2012 09 04                                 2:20 p.m.

 
 
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