Between now and March of 2017, Utilities Kingston will reconstruct overhead pole lines in the Williamsville district that have reached the end of their useful life. The utility is providing this notice to let customers know about power outages, street disruptions and tree trimming that will be needed over the coming months to help facilitate…
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Starting Tuesday, December 6, work to a sewer line will affect the urban K&P trail from Rideau and Montreal streets to Hagerman Avenue. “The urban K&P Trail is still officially under construction and is due to be completed this spring, but we wanted to give residents anxious to use it the head’s up about this…
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Motorists and cyclists will notice crews drilling boreholes along John Counter Boulevard between Indian Road and Sir John A. Macdonald Boulevard starting next week. The work will be completed on the shoulders of roadway during peak hours, but there will be some lane restrictions during non-peak hours. “The work to widen John Counter is on…
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Last week councillor Richard Allen took local priorities directly to Parliament as part of a delegation of municipal leaders from across Canada. Led by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), they had over 150 meetings with parliamentarians from November 24– 27, to guide the design of Phase 2 of the federal infrastructure plan. Councillor Allen…
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A specially-equipped van (similarly outfitted as the one pictured here) is to be used to evaluate and measure over 900 km of Kingston’s roadways in the next few weeks. The Road Surface Tester (RST) van will collect pavement inventory and condition data that includes measuring pavement roughness, rutting, cracking and other distress to street surfaces…
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