Major Barrie road scheduled for overnight construction

An aerial view of Bayfield Street in Barrie, Ont. before construction. (City of Barrie)

If you’re travelling on Victoria Day Monday, keep in mind of overnight road closures on a major road in Barrie.

Bayfield Street from Sophia Street to Dunlop Street and from Dunlop Street to Simcoe Street will be fully closed from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. nightly Monday to Friday next week.

The road will be open during daytime hours.

The City says detours will be in place directing southbound traffic to Wellington Street West, Maple Avenue and Simcoe Street and northbound traffic to Lakeshore Drive via Toronto Street and Dunlop Street, or Toronto Street and Wellington Street West.

The road work is part of the City of Barrie’s Pavement Management Program as crews will be completing asphalt removal and replacement.

Barrie Transit will follow detours as well, with the following routes affected: 8A-NB, 8B-SB, 10, 11, 100 and 101.

Those same closures will be in place next month as well on June 11 and 12.