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Construction on the Noden Causeway resumed last week, marking the start of another year of work on the project, which is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2014.
George Armstrong Co. Ltd. will be strengthening the pilings supporting the three structures along the causeway.
Toronto Zenith Contracting Ltd., meanwhile, will be improving the deck by installing new concrete panels on the driving surface, as well as also doing minor work at the west low-level structure.
These contracts were award last Oct. 2012 for $13.4 million and $8.5 million, respectively.
Traffic flow will be affected as Highway 11 is reduced to a single lane.
But traffic delays through the construction zone normally are less than 10-15 minutes, said Ministry of Transportation (Northwest) communications co-ordinator Annemarie Piscopo.
Drivers will encounter single-lane restrictions controlled by flagging operations, she noted, adding the MTO reminds road users to obey construction signs and flag persons through construction zones, for the safety of both workers and drivers.
Trial work started on the causeway in the winter of 2007, with the first phase of construction taking place in 2008.
Over the past few years, the deck of the east low-level structure was improved by installing new concrete panels on the driving surface, several support structures at the west low level structure were improved, and the deck of the west low-level structure was improved by installing new pre-cast concrete panels on the driving surface.
As well, support structures at the high-level structure were improved.
There also has been work done on the support structures.
Work on the Noden Causeway first began in 1958 and it was opened in 1965.
It was rehabilitated in 1990, with new barrier walls and joints.
But in recent years, the causeway has demonstrated drainage problems, as well as poor pavement and joint conditions.
