{"id":943499,"date":"2026-10-23T17:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/943499\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T17:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:32:14","slug":"team-gushue-extension-finally-opens-after-years-of-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/943499\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Gushue Extension Finally Opens After Years of Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/team-gushue-highway-ext.png\" class=\"header-image\" alt=\"Team Gushue Extension Finally Opens After Years of Work\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The completed Team Gushue Highway (VOCM News)<\/p>\n<p>The final stretch of the Team Gushue Extension is finally open to traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Rain and wind forced the ceremony marking the long-awaited milestone to be moved indoors at Admiralty House in Mount Pearl this morning,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/team-gushue.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314255\" class=\"size-full wp-image-314255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/team-gushue.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-314255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minister Loyola O\u2019Driscoll, Brad Gushue, Minister Barry Petten, MP Tom Osborne, Mayor Danny Breen and Mayor Dave Aker at Admiralty House this morning (VOCM News)<\/p>\n<p>The section of highway from Kenmount Road to Topsail Road was paved back in 2018, but <a href=\"https:\/\/vocm.com\/2026\/09\/14\/team-gushue-extension-remains-on-track-to-open-this-fall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the last stretch has taken years<\/a> to finally get completed.<\/p>\n<p>The highway link required the installation of two roundabouts, an overpass, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/vocm.com\/2026\/08\/12\/section-of-brookfield-road-to-be-renamed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reconfiguration of Brookfield Road.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tgh-roundabout.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306573\" class=\"size-full wp-image-306573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tgh-roundabout.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-306573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new roundabout from TGH to Commonwealth Ave (VOCM News)<\/p>\n<p>The link means that residents of the Southern Shore can now connect directly to the Outer Ring Road.<a href=\"https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/900\/files\/2026\/10\/team-gushue-highway-ext-2.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-314250 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/team-gushue-highway-ext-2-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"798\" height=\"399\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; 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