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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Due to the forecast and winter storm warning, City offices and recreation facilities are closed for the morning on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019.
City offices and facilities are closed for the holidays:
...The City of St. John's website will be intermittently unavailable December 19 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. This interruption affects the Website, Tenders (bids.stjohns.ca), Mapcentre and Automatic Vehicle Lookup (AVL)....
Residents of St. John's are advised that due to a watermain break on Holbrook Avenue, water will be shut off to facilitate repairs. Crews expect work to be complete by 8 p.m. today, December 17, 2019....
The shelter will reopen to the public on Wednesday, December 18th @ 12PM.
The City of St. John's website will be intermittently unavailable December 12 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. This interruption affects the Website, Tenders (bids.stjohns.ca), Mapcentre and Automatic Vehicle Lookup (AVL)....
Residents of St. John's are advised that due to a watermain break, water will be shut off on Shea Street. Crews expect work to be complete by 4 p.m. today, Tuesday, December 10, 2019....
Residents of St. John's are advised that due to forecasted high winds, garbage and recycling collection for Tuesday, December 10, 2019 will be rescheduled to Wednesday, December 11, 2019. ...
The City of St. John's wishes to advise its residents that there is a watermain break on London Road. Residents are advised that they may experience no water, low water pressure or discolored water during this time. In case of discolored water run your cold water tap in the bathtub until it...
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....
Residents of St. John's are advised that due to watermain repairs on Craigmillar Avenue, water will be shut off on Craigmillar Avenue from Topsail Road to Civic # 113 Craigmillar Avenue.
Crews expect work to be complete by 1:00pm today, December 2, 2019.
...Due to weather conditions Festival of Music and Lights in Bowring Park will NOT be going ahead today Saturday November 30, 2019, the event has been posponed until December 7th 2019. If you require further information please call 311 (754-2489)
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...
Residents of St. John's are advised that due to a watermain break on Bay Bulls Road, water will be shut off from civic number 197 Bay Bulls Road to Long Beach Street.
Crews expect work to be complete by 8:00 pm today, November 15, 2019.
...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...
Residents of St. John's are advised that due to watermain repairs on Birmingham Drive, water will be shut off from civic number 44 Birmingham Drive to Frecker drive to facilitate repairs.
Crews expect work to be complete by 6:00 pm, today, November 7, 2019.
...Residents of St. John's are advised that due to a watermain break on Brine Street, water will be shut off to facilitate repairs .Residents of Deanery Avenue will also be affected by this outage.
Crews expect work to be completed by 1:00 pm, today, November 6, 2019.
...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.
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