Construction on Salt Spring Island’s busiest road will be picking up the pace this spring, officials said.
Starting Tuesday, April 1, Northridge Excavating Ltd. crews will be actively working on Fulford-Ganges Road between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays, according to a construction notice, adding two hours to the workday that previously affected traffic between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Those additional 10 allowed working hours per week have been granted by the Ministry of Transportation and Transit, according to the company, “to allow for an acceleration of the schedule.”
“We understand that increased working hours on the road could create more traffic disruption,” read the notice. “We thank you for your patience as we work hard to complete this project.”
An update report in February had set a completion date for the project on June 30; work began in September 2024.
Improving the 1.6-kilometre stretch of Fulford-Ganges Road from Seaview Avenue to Cranberry Road known locally as Ganges Hill is a $22.9-million project, with planned improvements including pedestrian crossings and refuge areas and paved shoulders for pedestrians and cyclists — a 1.2-metre-wide shoulder heading north (or downhill into Ganges) and 1.8 metres in the southbound direction.