Road and Facility Closures

Monday, September 2 is Labour Day. The City of Lethbridge will have service level changes.

Traffic signal work will cause traffic delays at a busy intersection on Thursday, August 29.

Two of three southbound lanes of Mayor Magrath Drive South, at 5 Avenue South, will close at 5 a.m. Weather permitting, the work is expected to be complete by 5:30 p.m.

Tomorrow, Thursday, August 29, 2024, motorists are advised to expect temporary lane closures as follows:

• Whoop-Up Drive - single lane closure on westbound outside lane. Guardrail work will take place between 6:00am - 3:00pm.
• Scenic Drive South – moving single lane closure along the northbound lanes. Roadway surveying will occur between 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. 

The final task of the Whoop-Up Bridge rehabilitation project is ready to proceed.

Crews will be back on the westbound lanes of the bridge tonight, August 20 at 9 p.m.

The 2024 edition of Whoop-Up Days will officially begin with the traditional parade on Tuesday, August 20. Starting at 9 a.m. from Park Place Shopping Centre, the parade will proceed south on 3 Street South, east along 3 Avenue South out of the downtown area, turn north along 13 Street and then east along 9 Avenue North, ending at Galbraith Elementary School.

A months-long water infrastructure project is moving into its final weeks. Work to replace the aging watermain along 11 Street South, between 3 Avenue South and 6 Avenue South, began May 21.

The final stage of the project involves temporarily closing the intersection of 11 Street South and 6 Avenue South.

An unscheduled sewer main repair has closed a portion of 6 Avenue South. The avenue is closed in both directions between Mayor Magrath Drive South and 6a Avenue South (the driveway into ATB Financial.)

Crews are working to repair an emergency stormwater main and have closed Mayor Magrath Drive South from 5 Avenue to 3 Avenue South to complete the repair work. 

With the continuation of the Whoop-Up Drive bridge rehabilitation project, crews will be working at night starting Monday, July 22, through Wednesday, July 24. Additionally, starting at 9 a.m. Monday until about 5 p.m. Tuesday, 28 Street South will be closed at Highway 3 (Crowsnest Trail) for water-related work.

Motorists will encounter single-lane closures on University Drive West tomorrow, July 18, 2024, over the pedestrian tunnel adjacent to the Father Leonard Van Tighem School property. Lane closures will apply to northbound and southbound traffic between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm while road patching is completed. Two-way traffic will be maintained with signage and traffic control measures.