For Immediate Release
Mar. 13, 2006, 3:00 p.m.
Update: Construction Continues At Market Square
Due to today's weather, please note the following changes to information originally released Friday, March 10, regarding road closures in the vicinity of the Market Square:
- Ontario Street will remain closed between Brock and Market streets on Tuesday morning, March 14 (instead of Monday, March 13) while crews continue to work in the intersection of Ontario at Brock Street.
- King Street will then close on Tuesday afternoon (instead of Monday afternoon) between Brock and Clarence streets (including the King/Brock and King/Market intersections) until the end of June.
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Construction will move from Ontario Street to King Street while the City of Kingston, Utilities Kingston and local contractors will work on Phase II of the Market Square Revitalization project.
The following streets will be closed as indicated while crews replace the underground storm and sanitary sewers, water main, gas and electric and the road surface on Brock Street and King Street. Please follow the detour signs around the construction site.
- Ontario Street will remain closed between Brock and Market streets on Tuesday morning while crews continue to work in the intersection of Ontario at Brock Street.
- King Street will then close on Tuesday afternoon between Brock and Clarence streets (including the King/Brock and King/Market intersections) until the end of June.
- Brock Street will be closed from Ontario Street to King Street until the end of June.
Kingston Transit routes 3, 4 and 12 will also be rerouted around the construction site. Please call (613) 546-0000 for more information on your transit route.
Businesses on Brock Street and King Street will remain open and accessible to pedestrian traffic. The Kingston Public Market will continue to operate on Clarence Street each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday throughout this phase of construction.
As recommended in the Downtown Action Plan, King Street, Brock Street and the Market Square area surrounding the skating rink will be finished in brick style pavers, rather than traditional asphalt pavement, with granite curbing separating the roadway from the pedestrian areas similar to Market Street - giving the entire area a unique look and feel of a historic cobblestone roadway.
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Media contact information:
Cindie Ashton, Communications Officer (613) 546-4291, extension 3116 (cell 329-3462)
