Editorial Update: Progress Meets Patience – Revisited

 intersection of Dundas & Green Lane

Casandra Turnbull

Managing Editor

Last week in our Progress Meets Patience editorial, we touched on the growing frustration over detours and overlapping roadwork, including the much-used workaround via Willow Street and Green Lane. At the time, the County’s notice to affected residents and businesses said the Dundas Street East intersection would close August 11 for about a week, with Green Lane closed for two to four weeks.

That schedule has shifted—more than once. An early update last week moved the closure to August 25 with a reopening date of October 3, extending the original work window to five weeks. The very next day, another change was announced: the closure will now begin September 2 and run until October 10. The later start conveniently keeps the corridor open through the Labour Day weekend and the Paris Fall Fair, one of the town’s busiest events.

The work, led by L82 Construction Inc. for the County of Brant, involves storm, sanitary, and watermain improvements. Detours will route traffic via Consolidated Drive/Iarocci Boulevard, with no through traffic, local access, or emergency access to Green Lane from Dundas Street East. Westbound traffic will be permitted on Governor’s Road East up to 100 metres past the Dundas intersection.

The County has not provided an official reason for the shifting dates, but the changes underscore the challenge of coordinating major infrastructure work in a town already juggling multiple projects. Whatever the cause, let’s hope the five-to-six-week closure remains on schedule—and that smoother commutes are indeed just around the corner.