Starting today, Monday, April 20, the Region of Durham is closing Regional Road 2 (Simcoe Street North) between Ridgetop Court and Columbus Road to rebuild the roadway through the former village of Columbus.
(The project continues construction that started in August 2008.)
Durham Region Transit is detouring buses operating on the 950 Uxbridge - Port Perry - UOIT route.
From Monday, April 20 until Friday, May 15, southbound buses operate along their regular route to Simcoe Street and Howden Road, then detour:
eastward along Howden Road East;
southward along Ritson Road North; and then
westward along Winchester Road East to Simcoe,
resuming their regular route southward along Simcoe.Northbound buses reverse this routing.
DRT previously detoured buses in Columbus from September 29 until October 3 and from October 14 until late November 2008.
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