APPROVED – Valley Line West LRT Accelerated Construction

14 February 2025/Justin Keats

On February 11, 2025, the Edmonton City Council’s Urban Planning Committee voted 5-0 to proceed with the accelerated roadway plan described in the Valley Line West 2025 Roadway Construction Options and Impacts report.

The plan, developed by Marigold Infrastructure Partners (MIP) and the City of Edmonton, aims to accelerate 2025 roadwork construction, with the goal to reduce the overall time frame of traffic restrictions in key areas by more than half.

approved

PHASE 1
April - July

PHASE 2
July - Sept

PHASE 3
Sept - Nov

• 104 Ave corridor
(106 Street to 121 Street)

• Stony Plain Rd & 124 St (full closure)

• Stony Plain Rd & 156 St

• 87 Ave & Meadowlark Rd

• 104 Avenue corridor
(106 Street to 121 Street)

• Stony Plain Rd & 142 St

• 95 Ave  156 St

• 104 Ave corridor
(106 Street to 121 Street)

• Stony Plain Rd & 149 St

The work has been divided into three phases to focus efforts on one major north/south arterial road at a time, leaving the next adjacent arterial road available to carry diverted traffic.

The table to the right summarizes the impacted locations within the accelerated plan, along with approximate timeframes of the accelerated plan compared to the timeframe under the Project Agreement.

Intersection
or Corridor

New timeline

Original   timeline  
   Stony Plain Rd & 124 St
   (full closure)
6-8 weeks
48 weeks
(+2 yrs)
   Stony Plain Rd at 156 St
10-12 weeks
36 weeks
   87 Ave & Meadowlark Rd
8-10 weeks
24 weeks
   Stony Plain Rd at 142 St
7-9 weeks
24 weeks
   95 Ave & 156 St
7-9 weeks
36 weeks
   Stony Plain Rd at 149 St
7-9 weeks
24 weeks
   104 Ave (106 - 121 St)
   (single lane EB/WB)
28 - 36 weeks
52 weeks
(+2 yrs)

 

PDFs of the report and attachments reviewed and available here:

REPORT: Valley Line West 2025 Roadway Construction Options and Impacts

ATTACHMENT 1:
Proposed Traffic Restrictions

ATTACHMENT 2:
Overview of Public Communications

If you have any questions, comments, or ideas for the City of Edmonton regarding this decision and the Report, please email [email protected] or call 780-496-4874.

If you have questions, comments, or ideas for Marigold Infrastructure Partners regarding construction related to this Report, please email MIP at [email protected] or phone MIP at 780-412-2183.

The details above are subject to change.  Report and attachments sourced from CoE.