Upcoming ‘mixed precipitation’ to delay Calgary Deerfoot Trail spring cleaning

The annual Spring Cleanup for Calgary’s Deerfoot Trail will be delayed by a day due to expected “mixed precipitation,” The City of Calgary’s maintenance division says.

Rather than the closure happening April 21-22, it will now be on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 22-23.

However, cleanup for northbound Deerfoot the following week will continue on Monday and Tuesday, April 28-29, as scheduled.

The times are from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. for all days.

“These dates are, of course, weather dependent and could change last minute,” wrote Bryant Phaneuf, the planning superintendent for the Calgary Maintenance Division.

660 NewsRadio Meteorologist Kevin Stanfield says a large system will begin forming across the Rockies late Sunday, which will begin as rain and possibly thundershowers for Calgarians.

However, that’s expected to turn into snow, resulting in 3-7 centimetres of snow in the city, while areas west of the city will see 10-15 cm.

Snowfall warnings for those areas could start as early as Sunday.

More information on the northbound closure is expected once the southbound cleanup finishes.

Detours for Deerfoot Trail closures

Meanwhile, the city lists the following detours for southbound Deerfoot, which will close from 17 Avenue to Southland Drive.

  • Southbound (SB) Deerfoot closed from 17 Avenue SE to Southland Drive from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
  • Traffic detoured onto Blackfoot Trail to Southland Drive, then back onto SB Deerfoot
  • Eastbound (EB) 17 Avenue traffic detoured onto Northbound (NB) Deerfoot to Westbound (WB) Memorial to SB Deerfoot to Blackfoot Trail to Southland Drive, then back onto SB Deerfoot
  • Peigan Trail traffic detoured onto SB Barlow Trail to WB Glenmore to SB Blackfoot to Southland Drive, then back onto SB Deerfoot
  • Barlow Trail traffic detoured onto EB Peigan to SB 25 Street to WB 50 Avenue to SB Barlow Trail to WB Glenmore to SB Blackfoot to Southland Drive, then back onto SB Deerfoot
  • WB Glenmore Trail traffic detoured onto SB Blackfoot Trail to Southland Drive, then back onto SB Deerfoot
  • EB Glenmore Trail traffic detoured onto Glendeer Circle to EB Heritage Drive to WB Glenmore Trail to SB Blackfoot Trail to Southland Drive, then back onto SB Deerfoot
  • 11 Street traffic detoured up the Southland Drive exit ramp, then back onto SB Deerfoot

Here is a list of detours for northbound Deerfoot, which closes from Southland Drive to 17 Avenue.

  • Deerfoot traffic detoured onto Southland Dr to Blackfoot Tr to 17 Avenue interchange, then back onto NB Deerfoot
  • EB Heritage Meadows Way traffic detoured onto NB Heritage Meadows Road to EB Heritage Drive to WB Glenmore Trail to NB Blackfoot Trail, then back onto NB Deerfoot
  • SB Heritage Meadows Road traffic detoured onto WB Heritage Meadows Way to NB 11 Street to EB Heritage Drive to WB Glenmore Trail to NB Blackfoot Trail then back onto NB Deerfoot
  • WB Glenmore Trail traffic detoured onto NB Blackfoot Trail, then back onto NB Deerfoot
  • EB Glenmore Trail traffic detoured onto Glendeer Circle to WB Heritage Drive to WB Glenmore Trail to NB Blackfoot Trail, then back onto NB Deerfoot
  • Peigan Tr traffic detoured onto SB Barlow Trail to EB 50 Ave to NB 52 Street to WB 17 Avenue, then back onto NB Deerfoot
  • Barlow Tr traffic detoured onto EB Peigan Trail to NB 52 Street to WB 17 Avenue, then back onto NB Deerfoot

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