Maria Street Bridge To Be Closed End of Month For Repairs

The Maria Street Swing Bridge is closed to all traffic from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 29 - 31 for repairs from Parks Canada.

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The bridge is located on Maria Street between Armour Road and Ashburnham Drive.

Traffic control measures and detour routes will be in place during the work.

Local access to businesses in the area will be available.

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Maria Street Bridge Closed For Repairs This Thursday

The Maria Street swing bridge will be closed to vehicles and pedestrians for repairs under Parks Canada’s advisement for this Thursday.

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Boat traffic will not be affected by the closure according to Parks Canada.

Detour signage will be posted at Parkhill Road East (via the Warsaw Road swing bridge) or Lansdowne Street.

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Temporary Road Closures for Hunter Street and Monaghan Road

The City of Peterborough has announced a temporary road closure planned for sections of Hunter Street East and Monaghan Road from Monday to Friday.

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Tempoprary closures are due to road resurfacing and utilities service connections work.

Hunter Street East between Armour Road and Rogers Street will be closed from Sept. 28 to Oct 1 for site servicing connections.

Detour routes will be posted. West and eastbound traffic will be directed along Rogers Street and Armour Road via Maria Street.

The sidewalk on the south side of Hunter Street East will be closed. A pedestrian detour route will be posted directing to the north sidewalk on Hunter Street.

Access will be available for local traffic only.

For more information about this closure, contact the City’s Traffic Engineering Technologist at 705-742-7777 ext. 1843 or ext. 1752.

Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Monaghan Road between Parkhill Road West and Woodland Street will be closed for road resurfacing, from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1.

Detour routes will be posted. The sidewalks on Monaghan Road will remain open.

Detour for westbound traffic on Parkhill looking to travel south on Monaghan Road directs traffic to turn south on Medical Drive, east on Weller Street and south onto Monaghan Road

Detour for eastbound traffic on Parkhill Road West looking to travel south on Monaghan Road directs traffic to turn south on Park Street North, west on Charlotte Street to Monaghan Road.

Detour for northbound traffic on Monaghan Road to travel east along Charlotte Street, north on Park Street North to Parkhill Road West.

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City Closes Basketball Courts at Peterborough Park

The City of Peterborough has closed the basketball courts at Simcoe and Bethune Park the Peterborough Police Service’s request after gathering sizes there exceeded the provincial limits under the provincial shutdown and stay-at-home order announced on Saturday.

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Signs have been posted at the basketball courts of the park indicating that they are closed. Their usage is not permitted during the closure.

The provincial public health regulations during the shutdown restrict outdoor social gatherings to a maximum of five people while maintaining physical distancing of at least two metres.

While outdoor exercise activity is permitted under the Province’s stay-at-home order, the gathering limits and physical distancing requirements remain in effect. Any sports or games where people may come within two metres of each other are not permitted to be practiced or played.

Information on the restrictions during the provincial shutdown and Stay at Home order is available at The Government of Ontario’s website as well as through Peterborough Public Health.

To report violations of the provincial shutdown and Stay at Home order, please contact Peterborough Police Service using the non-emergency number at 705-876-1122.

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