February 13, 2015

Crews will be completing underground utility investigations along Yonge Street in Newmarket next week in preparation for Yonge Street rapidway construction that will begin this spring. Please see details below.

Dates of work*: Tuesday, February 17, to Friday, February 20

Hours of work*: 7:00am – 5:00pm

Description of work: Crews will be locating [potholing] for utilities using a hydrovac truck [truck-mounted vacuum]. Each hole will be filled before crews move to the next location.

Work locations: At the intersections of Mulock Drive, Clearmeadow Boulevard, Eagle Street and Gladman Avenue.

Noticeable impacts:

• Intermittent north and southbound lane closures will be required around the intersections mentioned above
• There may be construction-related noise from equipment and trucks
• Traffic control staff and paid duty police officers will be on site as required
• Wherever possible, sidewalks will remain open. If a sidewalk is closed, directional signs will guide pedestrians to the nearest open sidewalk

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Yonge Street Rapidway
Leslie Pawlowski | Community Liaison | 905.505.1430 | leslie.pawlowski@york.ca