Travelers should prepare for delays at Calgary airport, area roads starting this weekend due to G7

Travellers planning to use Calgary International Airport between Sunday, June 15 and Wednesday, June 18, are being warned to give themselves extra time.

High-profile leaders from around the world will arrive and depart from the city due to the G7 Summit in Kananaskis next week, and some changes will be made as a result.

Calgary police will be closing the tunnel on Airport Trail NE starting at 1 a.m. on Sunday through to Wednesday. This is to ensure the safe arrival and departure of the G7 delegates and leaders.

Travellers heading to the airport from the east side of Calgary should use Country Hills Boulevard NE to Barlow Trail NE as an alternative route, officers say.

Airport Trail NE will still be open from Deerfoot Trail NE to Barlow Trail NE, only the tunnel itself will be inaccessible.

The city issued a correction Saturday, saying that northbound 19 Street NE to eastbound Airport Trail NE will be closed, not the off-ramp from northbound 19 Street NE to westbound Airport Trail NE.

Meanwhile, no stopping or parking around the perimeter of airport property will be allowed between Saturday and Wednesday.

Additionally, the north end of McCall Way will be restricted to employee and business traffic only. Police say there will be a security checkpoint.

Other temporary closures or stoppages may be in effect as delegates are moved out of or into the airport through rolling motorcades.

Drivers are asked to listen to officer’s directions.

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The security effort at the airport will include a crack down on vehicles left unattended in the drop-off area. It’s a rule that already exists, but there will be a zero tolerance policy before and during the G7.

Between June 14 and June 18, police will be enforcing a parking ban on Highway 40 from the Junction of Highway 1 to the north winter closure gate at the Junction of the Kananaskis Lakes Trail.

RCMP officers will also have accreditation check points along Highway 40 and will remind motorists of the restrictions as they travel through Kananaskis Valley.

Hiking trails in and around Kananaskis Village, camping in Peter Lougheed Provincial park and the Kananaskis Country Golf Course will also be closed to the public until June 20.