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To facilitate the Gower Street Block Party, Gower Street (from Cathedral Street to Church Hill) will be closed on Sunday, September 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
To facilitate the Uniformed Services Run, motorists are advised of the lane reductions and road closures in the Bowring Park and Waterford Valley area on Sunday, September 13, 2026
Crews will work overnight between 11 p.m. on Friday, September 11 and 7 a.m. on Saturday, September 12 to transition the intersection of Portugal Cove Road, Major’s Path and Airport Heights Drive from a signalized intersection to a roundabout. During this time, traffic can continue to flow through the intersection.
To facilitate construction, access to Major’s Path from the Portugal Cove Road, Major’s Path, and Airport Heights Drive intersection will be closed from 9 a.m. on Thursday, September 10 to 6 p.m. on Friday, September 11.
Contractors may be working on the numerous streets from September 8 to 12 under the City’s annual streets rehabilitation and infrastructure maintenance programs. Work could include concrete/street excavation, concrete work, paving, heater scarifying, utility adjustment, ditch cleaning and culvert installation.
To facilitate road rehabilitation, Hamilton Avenue between Sudbury Street and Alexander Street will be closed Tuesday, September 8, for approximately two weeks, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
Please be advised that a small excavator will be operating at several locations within Rotary Sunshine Park on Tuesday, September 8, weather permitting. Work areas will be barricaded.
To facilitate rehabilitation of the Freshwater Road/Empire Avenue intersection, traffic impacts will be in effect from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, September 1.
Work continues on the new roundabout at the intersection of Portugal Cove Road, Major’s Path and Airport Heights Drive.
The traffic lights will be removed and the intersection will transition from a signalized intersection to a roundabout. The transition is being planned to minimize impacts on motorists.
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10 New Gower Street, St. John's, NL
P.O. Box 908, St. John's, A1C 5M2
Phone: 311 or 754-CITY (2489)
Email: access@stjohns.ca
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