TIMMINS - The main road through town has a new look.
After nearly eight months of intensive reconstruction and the demolition of a historic train overpass, Algonquin Boulevard is expected to reopen to traffic between Cedar Street today (Nov. 21).
The main road through town has been closed since late March to allow for the third and final segment of Connecting Link construction in the city's downtown core. The work also saw the iconic overpass demolished.
The road near the area where the overpass was has been levelled out. With the overpass gone, the new snowmobile crossing is in front of Hollinger Park near KFC. It is a traffic signal that will stop on-demand for pedestrians and snowmobilers, and is timed for left turns out of KFC.
The reopening of the road also means that traffic lights on Second Avenue will return to regular intersections from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. After 6 p.m. and on weekends, the intersections have flashing lights and are treated as four-way stops.
The temporary stop signs on Sixth Avenue at Birch Street are being removed, but the Pine Street North intersection is staying as a permanent four-way stop.
For heavy truck traffic, the detour ends once Algonquin Boulevard reopens. Timmins Transit's Route 16 stop at Park Road Square will also return with the reopening.
