Road Reports

Commuters in Airdrie should prepare for overnight ramp closures due to bridge maintenance on Deerfoot Trail and Stoney Trail. Detours will be in place to help drivers navigate the closures.

Closure Details:

Motorists travelling on Highway 566 west of Balzac should expect delays as fibre optic utility work occurs between Range Road 11 and Range Road 13. The construction began on October 3 and is scheduled to continue daily until October 17, with work hours running from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Residents and commuters should be prepared for a temporary road closure near Crossfield from this morning until the afternoon.  

An overturned semi-trailer on Highway 566, west of Balzac, has been cleared. 

Update: Hwy566 E of Hwy772 at Valley View Rd, MVC has been cleared. All lanes have been reopened. (7:16pm) #ABRoads #yyctraffic https://t.co/GLLSMCk0BL

A previous road closure due to a collision is now clear.

🟢 ROAD OPEN 🟢

The offramp from Country Hills Boulevard N.E. to northbound Deerfoot Trail N.E. is now open.

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91 days remain in 2024, which means that construction of the new interchange on QEII north of Calgary may be drawing nearer.

In 2023, it was announced that a $51 million investment over three years would replace the interchange at the intersection of Highway 566 and the QEII Highway, one of the province’s busiest corridors. The goal is to improve traffic flow, enhance safety, and support growing economic activity in the area, which sees around 80,000 vehicles daily.

It will be a month before bridge repairs on the Veterans Boulevard (Highway 567) bridge over the QEII are finished, which means that traffic in Airdrie will continue to be significantly impacted for the next several weeks. 

A man in his 60's is in life-threatening condition following a single-vehicle collision early Thursday morning on Deerfoot Trail.

Related Stories:

• Update: Crash closes section of Deerfoot southbound, detours in place

At around 3:35 a.m., police responded to reports of a single-vehicle crash on southbound Deerfoot Trail Southeast near the Peigan Trail interchange.

A collision on the QEII heading southbound between Airdrie's 40 Avenue Overpass and CrossIron Mills has been cleared. There were reports of heavy delays in the area and traffic congestion.

Earlier this morning, a single-vehicle motor vehicle collision on Deerfoot southbound shut down a portion of the road. However, the collision has since been cleared. 

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A previous single-vehicle motor vehicle collision on Deerfoot southbound that had shut down a portion of the road has since been cleared.