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Lakeshore Road bridge LEXUSOFOAKVILLE.CA will be closed until Decem ber by Nathan Howes Oakville Beaver Staff 7 |Thursday, January 26, 2017 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com From the week ofJan. 30 until December of this year, the Lakeshore Road Bridge over Sixteen Mile Creek will be closed to motorists, cyclists and pedestrians, in both directions. The bridge is being reconstructed as part of the Town of Oakville' s overall Lakeshore Road Reconstruction and Streetscape project. A detour route around the bridge will be provided via Kerr, Rebecca and Navy streets, while all businesses, the Oakville Library Central Branch, Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts and Centennial Pool will remain open and accessible. "The Town is moving forward with a muchneeded project to reconstruct Lakeshore Road East starting with the bridge. Changing the streetscape in downtown Oakville will help pave the way for a revitalized downtown," stated Mayor Rob Burton, in a media release. "We appreciate everyone' s patience during construction and remind you that it is business as usual in downtown Oakville." After completion, the new bridge will include two travel lanes and bikes lanes and there will be a wider pedestrian sidewalk with a barrier wall to separate the sidewalk and vehicular traffic. N ew pedestrian railings and lookouts will be included, as well as LED lighting. The Lakeshore Road approaches to the bridge between Navy Street and Forsythe Street will also be reconstructed. On Jan. 5, in preparation for the bridge closure, Navy Street was permanently converted to two-way traffic between Lakeshore and Rebecca and Randall streets. Signs are posted around the area to notify drivers of the change. As part of the Council-approved Downtown Transportation and Streetscape Study (DTS), Navy Street is one of several in downtown Oakville scheduled to be converted to two-way operation. The other streets are still in the detaileddesign phase and are scheduled for conversion in 2018. Another addition to downtown Oakville is the new pedestrian crossover device at the intersection of Navy Street and Church Street (in front of Centennial Square). Several new crossovers are planned to be installed across town in 2017 starting with the Navy and Church streets location. Pedestrian crossovers, which have specific pavement markings and crossing signs, are one of three types of crossovers. The crossover at Navy and Church has poles, flashing beacons above the signs and pedestrian push buttons. Unlike pedestrian crosswalks at traffic signal locations, at a crossover, drivers and cyclists must stop behind the yield line and wait until the pedestrian completely crosses the road before proceeding. 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