Traffic Delays
Major delays are expected on Yellowhead Trail westbound between St. Albert Trail to 156 Street starting March 21 at 10pm to March 24 at 6am as EPCOR drainage completes work in the area. For more information, visit EPCOR's website.
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Major delays are expected on Yellowhead Trail westbound between St. Albert Trail to 156 Street starting March 21 at 10pm to March 24 at 6am as EPCOR drainage completes work in the area. For more information, visit EPCOR's website.
Construction on the 156 Street to St. Albert Trail segment of the Yellowhead Trail Freeway Conversion is complete.
Drivers will experience:
Additional upgrades include new sidewalk connections along both sides of Yellowhead Trail, new LED streetlighting, a new concrete sound wall installed along the Dovercourt community, and landscaping, including improved underground drainage to enhance road conditions during heavy rainfall.
Overhead signs will continue to be installed periodically until early 2025. Please follow construction signs and speed limits to ensure safety of the workers present.
Check out this map showing the work that was completed.
Road construction will resume in spring 2024. Underground drainage infrastructure is substantially complete with final installations remaining which will start in spring 2024.
Landscaping will commence in spring 2024. The construction of the retaining walls and the dry pond is complete. Construction of the project is planned to be complete by fall 2024.
The underground drainage infrastructure installation and construction of the retaining walls will continued through the winter. Road work resumed in spring 2023. The dry pond was completed at the end of 2023.
Construction continued in 2022 and the new Dovercourt Noise Wall was completed at the end of 2022.
The first year of construction began in summer 2021.
2021 construction activities:
Design: we completed the engineering design for this portion of Yellowhead Trail
Development and refinement of options
Construction started in 2021 and is ongoing between 156 Street to St. Albert Trail. The following work is in progress:
The following work is complete:
Traffic accommodations are currently in place:
Construction activities along Yellowhead Trail have led to Dovercourt and Sherbrooke residents expressing concerns about speeding and shortcutting within the neighbourhood.
To address these concerns, the City is implementing a comprehensive traffic management plan.
2023
2024
For inquiries about these traffic safety measures, contact SafeRoads@edmonton.ca.
Construction started in 2021 and is ongoing between 156 Street to St. Albert Trail.
Three lanes of traffic along Yellowhead Trail will be open during peak hours. There will be times overnight that only 1 lane in each direction will be open on Yellowhead Trail. The speed limit may be reduced to 40km/hour in construction zones and we ask the public to be mindful of signs and construction crews as they travel through the area.
Thank you to everyone who joined the Online Pre-construction Information Session on June 3, 2021. The project team presented the construction staging schedule and answered questions from event participants.
Your input matters.
The City invited you to explore the design and share your feedback through Engaged Edmonton in October 2020. Your valuable feedback was used to advise the preliminary design for the project due to start construction in 2021.
Reference Materials:
Project Update - October 2020
Westbound Yellowhead Trail changes
Eastbound Yellowhead Trail changes
Videos:
Welcome Video: Project Overview
Travelling Eastbound
Travelling Westbound
Crossing Yellowhead Trail Southbound
Crossing Yellowhead Trail Northbound
Dovercourt and Sherbrooke Residents
The final concept plan was presented to the Transportation Committee on October 7, 2015.
The City focused on refining the preferred concept plan for Yellowhead Trail at 149 Street. The preferred concept includes one-way service roads parallel to Yellowhead Trail on the north and south sides. There is no connection proposed for 149 Street across Yellowhead Trail. The City will evaluate the changes that will be required to the surrounding road network to address changes in travel pattern as a result of the proposed plan.
The City completed the final stages of a significant public engagement process that resulted in the development and refinement of a preferred option for freeway operation of Yellowhead Trail at 149 Street.
Public Involvement Report
The public engagement process included an Open House in June 2012 with a second open house in September 2013, 11 key stakeholder meetings, discussions with internal and external stakeholders such as CN Rail and utility companies, information bulletins to the community and the establishment of a Stakeholder Input Group (SIG).
This group of area stakeholders worked with City planners to develop ideas for converting Yellowhead Trail at 149 Street to a freeway operation, while retaining reasonable access to the adjacent businesses and the Dovercourt community. The stakeholder group helped to identify and develop:
Over the course of several workshops, the stakeholders helped to evaluate and reduce the total number of alternatives.
After significant development and evaluation of alternatives, the City arrived at a recommended configuration for the area based on input received from internal and external stakeholders, as well as Transportation Committee.
This preferred option includes one-way service roads parallel to Yellowhead Trail on the north and south sides. There is no connection proposed for 149 Street across Yellowhead Trail.
On Tuesday September 17, the City of Edmonton hosted a public meeting to provide information on the recommended concept for free flow operation of Yellowhead Trail at 149 Street.
During the Open House, the public were invited to view the presentation boards and maps, ask questions of our project staff and pick-up project information material.
Two freeway options were presented to City Council on July 10, 2013; Freeway Strategy A which includes a ¾ diamond, grade separated interchange and Freeway Strategy B that which includes one-way service roads with right-in/right-out access north and south of Yellowhead Trail as well as improvements to parallel routes on 128 Avenue, 123 Avenue and 124 Avenue.
Presentation to the Transportation Committee of Council
Strategy Option A
Strategy Option B (Preferred Strategy)
Council Report
An information bulletin was mailed out to community groups and businesses adjacent to the intersection . The bulletin provided an update on feedback received during the June 2012 Open House and requested comments or suggestions from the public.
A public Open House was held in June 2012 to introduce the project and provide background information. Attendees had the opportunity to learn more about the project and provide comments. Thanks to residents and community stakeholders who attended the June 13, 2012 meeting on the 149 Street Interchange at Yellowhead Trail.