Public Advisory
The City of St. John's posts public advisories whenever we have an interruption in service to ensure the public is kept informed. Some of the categories of advisories include water, garbage, recreation, traffic and building closures. The view below lists advisories that are upcoming or currently on-going.
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Snow removal is currently taking place in downtown St. John’s and will continue overnight on Rennie's Mill Road, Monkstown Road, Queen’s Road and Campbell Avenue. At this time the City is clearing and removing snow from roads only.
...Motorists and pedestrians are advised that due to sewer main repairs, Water Street from Job Street to Patrick Street will be closed today, January 23, 2020 from 9am to 4pm, all westbound traffic will be diverted through the eastbound lane. As well, Patrick Street will be local traffic only from...
Snow removal is currently taking place in downtown St. John’s, and will continue on streets listed for Jan.22.
At this time the City is clearing and removing snow from roads only.
Beginning overnight and continuing into the daytime Thursday, Jan. 23 plows will remove snow on:
...Snow removal is currently taking place in downtown St. John’s, and will continue overnight into the morning hours of Wednesday, Jan. 22. Crews anticipate completing Hamilton Avenue, Hamilton Ave Extension and Harbour Drive overnight. ...
Snow removal is currently taking place in downtown St. John’s, and will continue overnight into the morning hours of Tuesday, Jan. 21. Crews anticipate completing New Gower and Duckworth streets. ...
Snow removal is currently taking place in downtown St. John’s, and will continue overnight into the morning hours of Monday, Jan. 20. Crews anticipate completing Water, Duckworth, Harbour Drive, and New Gower streets. ...
An earlier e-update regarding daytime snow removal in Georgestown provided an incorrect date and time.
The correct date and time for todays daytime snow removal in Georgestown is 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, January 16, 2020.
Complete details:
...Motorists and pedestrians are advised that due to watermain repairs, Quidi Vidi Village Road from The Boulevard to Maple View Place will be closed, Thursday, January 16, 2020 from 12:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. Motorists should use an alternate route and expect delays.
...Lane reductions will be in place on Saturday and Sunday at various locations on Kenmount Road (between Peet Street and the Team Gushue Overpass) to facilitate work for the Kenmount Road Trunk Storm Sewer project. Traffic control and signage will be in place in the affected locations.
...For safety reasons the following streets will be closed from 5:30 pm on Tuesday, December 31st until after the fireworks, unless otherwise noted:
...Motorists and pedestrians are advised that due to watermain repairs, Topsail Road from McLoughlan Street to Cornwall Avenue Intersection will be closed today, December 6, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Motorists should use an alternate route and expect delays.
...Motorists and pedestrians are advised that due to watermain repairs, McKay Street from Richmond Street to Leslie Street will be closed today, December 5, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Motorists should use an alternate route and expect delays.
...Motorists and pedestrians are advised that due to emergency sewer main repairs, Kilbride Ave from Bay Bulls Rd to Silverton Street will be closed tomorrow December 5 from 8:00am to 4:00pm. Motorists must use alternate route and can expect delays....
To facilitate some additional investigative work required for the next phase of the Water Street Infrastructure Replacement Project, crews will be working on Friday, November 29th in the vicinity of Atlantic Place. Parking spaces may be affected temporarily and any traffic disruptions will be...
Motorists are advised that lanes will be closed on Kelsey Drive and Goldstone Street to facilitate the emergency installation of pavement markings. Flagspersons are on site to direct traffic. Traffic delays should be expected; motorists are advised to use an alternate route.
...Contractors may be working on the following arterial and collector streets from November 25 - 29 under the City’s annual streets rehabilitation and infrastructure maintenance programs. Work could include concrete/street excavation, concrete work, paving, heater scarifying, utility adjustment,...
The 2019 Downtown Christmas Parade, organized by Downtown St. John's, is scheduled to take place on Sunday, Nov. 24 beginning at noon. ...
Contractors may be working on the following arterial and collector streets from November 18 - 22 under the City’s annual streets rehabilitation and infrastructure maintenance programs. Work could...
Road Closures Queen's Road - 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Church Hill - 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Duckworth Street (Bates Hill to Prescott Street) - 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Duckworth Street (Prescott Street to Wood Street) - 10;30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m....
Contractors may be working on the following arterial and collector streets from November 11 - 15 under the City’s annual streets rehabilitation and infrastructure maintenance programs. Work could include concrete/street excavation, concrete work, paving, heater scarifying, utility adjustment,...
To replace a section of watermain that experienced a break in September, the City of St. John’s will be closing Allandale Road from Higgins Line to Prince Philip Drive from 9 a.m. on Friday, November 8 until 10 p.m. on Monday, November 11. Early morning (rush hour) traffic on Friday will not be...
Motorists and pedestrians are advised that due to emergency sewer main repairs, London Road from Portugal Cove Road to Dublin Road will be closed today, November 6, 2019 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Motorists must use an alternate route and can expect delays.
...Contractors may be working on the following arterial and collector streets from November 4 - 8, 2019 under the City’s annual streets rehabilitation and infrastructure maintenance programs. Work could include...
Parking spaces reserved on Cathedral Street, prohibiting public parking to accommodate technical vehicles for a film shoot.
Motorists and pedestrians are advised that due to sewer main repairs, Prowse Avenue Extension from Stamp's Lane to Cashin Avenue will be closed today, October 29, 2019 from 9:30am to 4:00pm.
Motorists should use an alternate route and expect delays.
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