Kindersley residents are getting an early dose of construction season as crews work on the intersection at Highway 7 and 21.

Alterations are being made to the intersection that will improve the flow of traffic and better accommodate truckers.

Steve Shaheen, senior communications consultant with the Ministry of Highways, said crews began working in the latter part of March to replace the traffic signals, which will look to raise the lights higher to accommodate better clearance, along with another improvement aimed at truckers.

“The new signal lights are on a pivot system, so our crews can move them when wide loads need to go through the intersection, they can swing around and allow for those semi’s to go through.”

Additionally, good news for truckers and other drivers – the new signal lights will also have an updated detection system, which will lessen the time that drivers are waiting at red lights.

“Its a camera system that will detect when a vehicle has pulled up to the red light and then will signal for the lights to change, it’ll be an improvement from the system that was currently in place at that intersection for sure.”

The underground work on the project has gotten underway, however, Shaheen said the above ground work has been delayed due to shipping problems due to COVID-19.

Currently the project is slated to be complete for mid-June, drivers are being reminded to obey the reduced speed limit as crews work to complete the project.