Sherbrooke road crews coming out in force

Now that warmer weather has finally arrived, Sherbrookers shouldn’t be surprised that the summer road construction season came out of the gate running Monday morning.

Traffic on King St. West will be hampered until about May 11 with only two of its four lanes – one in each direction accessible to motorists as they approach Rue du Bocage.

Only one lane in each direction will be open at Promenades King due to water and sewer connections. Slowdowns are to be expected and motorists are encouraged to use Portland Blvd during the work.

In addition, reconstruction work on Delorme St. will close the bike path for about 10 days and cyclists will have to take a detour via Galt West.

The City of Sherbrooke has begun its season of major road projects and this week ten of these will be undertaken in the various boroughs. Seven are already underway.

The City is investing more than $36.6 million in more than 171 projects planned for this year. Work began a week late due to the vagaries of the weather. It is expected that the City will be able to catch up with the planned schedule.

The major projects scheduled for this year can be viewed on the new interactive map available at sherbrooke.ca/travaux.

Last year, the City of Sherbrooke planned 137 projects, but just over a dozen had to be postponed to this year.