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Closure of Westwood Drive starts Monday

Permanent closure of a stretch of Westwood Drive will start Monday, city hall is reminding motorists. Northbound traffic will no longer be able to use section between 22nd Avenue and the ramp connecting Westwood to Highway 97.
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Permanent closure of a stretch of Westwood Drive will start Monday, city hall is reminding motorists.

Northbound traffic will no longer be able to use section between 22nd Avenue and the ramp connecting Westwood to Highway 97.

Drivers will still be able to reach Highway 97 northbound by heading east on Massey Drive and then turning onto the onramp just past the overpass.

The southbound section of Westwood will also be closed for a few days to allow workers to install concrete barriers and signage.

The move was one of a number made following the death of a College of New Caledonia student this summer. She was hit and killed while trying to make her way across Highway 97 at a spot north of a designated crosswalk.

The works included removing a walkway from the CNC campus to a decommissioned bus stop across the highway, installing a concrete barrier on the west side of Central Street East at 20th Avenue and erecting a fence along the Highway 97 median from 22nd Avenue to 18th Avenue.

The remaining work involves changing the signal sequence at the intersection of Highway 97 and 22nd Avenue.

It will feature a dedicated left turn movement for 22nd Avenue traffic and a pedestrian crosswalk signal with a countdown feature.

"The signal operation change requires that northbound traffic from Westwood Drive be prohibited from entering 22nd Avenue from Westwood," city hall said.