Planned outages to come this week as Tranquille Road scheduled to reopen on December 18

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“This is scheduled work as part of this project,” the City of Kamloops said in a statement. “Once work begins, power will be disrupted between 60 to 90 minutes. The time of the power interruption will be random. Residents are asked to be prepared for this interruption on these dates.”

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“The city and our partners with BC Hydro thank you for your co-operation and patience as we progress on this project.”

There will be delays while this work takes place, and the city is asking residents and business owners to be careful while moving through the work zone, and to follow all posted signs and directions from traffic control personnel on site.

Work on this third and final phase of the project began last year and construction resumed in February after a brief winter break. The city told CFJC last month that while the project is behind schedule, the road will be paved this year and all detours will be removed.

“Being an old corridor, there were some surprises so we had to re-tool our approach a bit,” Matt Kachel, the city’s infrastructure delivery manager, said last month. “We want to make sure we do a good job and we don’t have to come back, so we’re taking the time to do it right.”

The entire Tranquille Road corridor from Crestline Street to Southill Street is scheduled to open on Dec. 18, though that goal is weather dependent.

“This milestone will remove the current detour and significantly reduce construction-related impacts for road users,” the city added in a statement.

Kachel said crews are scheduled to return in the spring to complete beautification and other surface work, though that timeline is also weather-dependent. While there will be some intermittent disruptions next year so that work can be completed, Kachel noted it won’t be as significant as disruptions seen over the last two years.

“It’s important to fix this stuff before there is a problem,” he added. “Things are aging out but when we do this preventative work, we don’t have spills and we don’t have service outages. These pipes should be good for 75 years and it’s large enough to facilitate growth as well.”