City council mulls Stony Plain Road closures to speed up LRT construction: Get it done – Edmonton [Video]

For the past few years, businesses and people living along Stony Plain Road in west Edmonton have adapted to the constant Valley Line LRT construction.

Now, city council is debating how to speed that process up — but it may cause some headaches first.

Listen Records is one business that is no stranger to construction out their front door on 124 Street, just steps from the nearby construction on 104 Avenue/Stony Plain Road.

“I’ve shown up and they’ll have the sidewalk in front of our store closed at both ends for an undetermined amount of time,” said Kris Burwash, owner of Listen Records.

The transit line work has impacted the store for years, but that might soon change. However, it could come with some growing pains.

“We’re like ground zero for the construction, so getting rid of it would be great I suppose. I can see the benefit,” said Burwash.

The City of Edmonton and Marigold Infrastructure Partners, the builders …