Construction crews in Kamloops are about 85 per cent done with the Tranquille Road sanitary main project on the North Shore.

That is according to the City’s Capital Project’s Manager, Darren Crundwell, who says crews can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

“In terms of timing, we will probably be done about the same as Columbia Street will be done. You know, mid summer,” he said. “Everything is looking good out there right now, just a bit more to go but yeah, we should be hopefully wrapping up most of the paving and the road back open in August.”

Work on the project began last May with crews working from Southill Street to Singh Street before taking a break for the winter, with the work about halfway done. They then returned to work on the section from Singh Street to 12th Street on March 1 of this year, with the hopes of completing the work by this fall.

“We’re 80 to 85 per cent complete. I mean, we’re just over $12-million and I think we’re about $10.5 million into that, so yeah, we’re pretty close,” Crundwell added.

He tells NL News that City staff are aware of concerns from residents in the area because of detours. There were also concerns raised about drivers speeding through residential streets last year.

“We had a lot more [of those complaints] last year when we were changing the detours. They’ve been pretty consistent this year but we do hear those concerns though,” Crundwell said. “We’ve tried to minimize them as best we can. I mean, that was a major project any time we redo all the utilities like that.”

“Hopefully the public can see it as we can definitely see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

The first phase of the sanitary replacement project on Tranquille Road, west of Crestline Street towards the airport, was completed in 2017. The City has also applied for $12 million in grant funding to pay for a portion of Phase 3 of the project from Crestline Street to Southill Street, which is set to get underway in 2025.

For the latest on the project, go here.