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Byrne Road temporarily closing for water service repair

Keven Dow
By Keven Dow

The City of Yellowknife is informing residents that Byrne Road will be closed to all traffic starting October 23rd in order to complete a water service repair. The closure will be between the Stanton Territorial Hospital and the Stanton Medical Center.

All hospital traffic will be required to use the Range Lake Road access. The bus route on Byrne Road will not be in service for the duration of the repairs.

Access to all businesses on Byrne road will not be affected. Proper signage will be in place at the entrance to Byrne Road and in the construction zone.

The City notes that work will continue until the repairs are complete with an expectation that the road will be back in service before the weekend. A water shut off for the area is not anticipated at this time.

Keven Dow
Keven Dow
News. Keven moved here from Ontario in November of 2018. As of December Keven is back to doing full-time news after transitioning into a news/mid-days position in late 2019. Prior to that, he was doing weekends/news for about 8-9 months. He's from a small tomato town in Ontario and went to College at Fanshawe for Radio Broadcasting. He loves talking about sports, entertainment, the community, and local events. Got a news tip? Email me at [email protected]

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