{"id":849580,"date":"2026-08-07T16:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/849580\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T16:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:18:15","slug":"2-major-winnipeg-traffic-routes-to-close-over-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/849580\/","title":{"rendered":"2 major Winnipeg traffic routes to close over weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manitoba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The City of Winnipeg is warning drivers that sections of two major traffic routes will be closed over the weekend to make way for rail-crossing repairs.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers urged to find alternate routes, plan for delays<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Aug 07, 2026 8:20 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786119495_132_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Sections of Kenaston and Lagimodiere boulevards will shut down over the weekend as crews conduct repairs at rail crossings, the City of Winnipeg says. (Jeff Stapleton\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>The City of Winnipeg is warning drivers that sections of two major traffic routes will be closed over the weekend to make way for rail-crossing repairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kenaston Boulevard will close in both directions between Lindenwood Drive East and Rothwell Road from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday, the city said in a news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As well, southbound Lagimodiere Boulevard will close from Dugald Road to Marion Street over the same period.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Drivers are asked to plan ahead to use alternate routes and to anticipate delays.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Updates can be found on the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.winnipeg.ca\/publicworks\/trafficcontrol\/laneclosures\/lane-closures-map.stm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">lane closures map<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manitoba The City of Winnipeg is warning drivers that sections of two major traffic routes will be closed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-849580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849580","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=849580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}