By Gazette Staff
Lane closures are planned again this weekend for the Niagara-bound Burlington Skyway bridge.
Weekend lane closures are for improvement work.
Two Niagara-bound lanes of the Burlington Skyway along the QEW are scheduled to be closed from Friday, July 18 at 10 p.m. through to Monday, July 21 at 5 a.m.
Similar lane closures will also happen the following weekend (July 25 to 28).
The Ministry of Transportation notes that “closures depend on weather and work schedules, and may be postponed or changed throughout the project.”
Closures can be confirmed online at 511on.ca (as of Monday, the closures were still slated to happen).
The City of Burlington had asked the ministry to release the tentative dates for the weekend closures to provide better notice.
The Transportation Ministry has released this tentative schedule for the lane closures for the summer:
- July 18 to 21
- July 25 to 28
- Aug. 8 to 11
- Aug. 15 to 18
- Aug. 22 to 25
It also adds that “more closures may be required after August.”
