If you are planning on driving in Timmins on Tuesday, you may have to take some another routes.
Timmins is celebrating Le Jour des Franco-Ontariens et Franco-Ontariennes on Tuesday in the downtown core. The Timmins Police Service says between 12:30pm and 2:30pm, Algonquin Boulevard will be closed between Pine and Balsam for a special ceremony and flag raising at city hall. The city says students and residents from the francophone community will be filling the street, so it will be closed down for everyone’s safety.
Here is a list of available detours:
– West-bound commercial motor vehicle traffic will be expected to take Hwy 655 to
Laforest Road and follow the Detour D2 signs south on McLean Drive that are already in
place for construction on the Kraft Creek Bridge
– East-bound commercial motor vehicle traffic will be expected to exit Algonquin Blvd, onto
Theriault Blvd. and follow the Detour D2 signs that are already in place for construction
on the Kraft Creek Bridge
– Passenger vehicle traffic will be required to take suitable routes to avoid the affected
areas outlined above