{"id":483947,"date":"2026-02-18T22:37:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T22:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/483947\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T22:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T22:37:06","slug":"road-closed-damage-light-post-leads-to-closure-in-brampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/483947\/","title":{"rendered":"ROAD CLOSED: Damage light post leads to closure in Brampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers can expect delays after a damaged light post has led to closures on a busy Brampton street, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Peel Regional Police say the incident happened around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday on Queen Street East in Brampton. A damaged light standard has led police to close Queen Street in both directions between Torbram Road and Finchgate Road.<\/p>\n<p>Police are advising drivers to avoid the area and find alternate routes while the closure is in place.<\/p>\n<p>More to come\u2026<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TRAFFIC ALERT:<\/p>\n<p>Queen Street is closed in both directions between Torbram Rd and Finchgate Rd, Brampton.<\/p>\n<p>This is as a result of a damaged light standard.<\/p>\n<p>Please avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p>C\/R: 15:26<\/p>\n<p>PR26-0059476<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peel Regional Police (@PeelPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeelPolice\/status\/2024220920609493157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 64,816 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,229,590 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    2835 VOTES<br \/>\n    Should bike lanes stay or be removed?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers can expect delays after a damaged light post has led to closures on a busy Brampton street,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-483947","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brampton","8":"tag-brampton","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}