Province says it’s trying to do its part to cut down on Hillsborough Bridge traffic tie-ups [Video]

With two levels of government both plugging away on a major roadwork project in Charlottetown, it’s been what one official calls “a balancing act” to keep traffic moving as smoothly as possible.

The city has been working for months to complete a realignment of Water Street to cut through the Charlottetown Event Grounds and onto Grafton Street.

Meanwhile, the province recently started work to reconfigure the right-turn ramp onto Riverside Drive from the end of the Hillsborough Bridge. 

It’s all led to kilometres-long traffic backups on the Stratford side of the bridge on recent mornings, something the province said it’s working to solve. 

“There was a couple of rough days, but we have the contractor working in a better manner that doesn’t stop traffic. [Thursday] morning it flowed quite well,” said Stephen Yeo, chief engineer with P.E.I.’s Department of Transportation. 

“It is a construction site. We have the speed lowered, …