Road construction on Highway 311 on Niverville’s west side has barely begun—and already commuters and pedestrians are frustrated.

The construction of a new major intersection at Highway 311 and Mulberry Avenue has currently forced westbound traffic to navigate the roadway’s badly rutted shoulder. To reach the 50 kilometre per hour speed limit is to risk a broken suspension.

Pedestrians, on the other hand, have completely lost access between the business sectors on the east and west side of the tracks.

Eric King, the town’s CAO, asks residents to be patient. Better options are just around the corner.

In just a matter of days, King says, westbound traffic will be rerouted around the construction zone via Arena Road and Centre Avenue to Krahn Road.

Pedestrians, too, will soon regain access, as the construction company responsible for the road repairs will be creating a new safe walking corridor along the southside of Highway 311.

In the meantime, King can’t stress enough the importance for students to discontinue crossing the highway at Mulberry Avenue. Instead, foot crossings between the high school and the commercial zone to the south need to take place at Arena Road.

The entire project is anticipated to take about eight weeks from beginning to completion. Eight weeks, that is, of cooperative weather.