Vancouver traffic affected as Shaw sign getting replaced
Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 May, 2023 09:41 AM
Vancouver drivers will see some road closures this morning as a helicopter transports large signs from the Shaw Tower.
The city says the 200 block of Thurlow Street and the one-thousand block of West Waterfront Road will be closed from 7 a-m until noon for work to replace Shaw signs on the tower with Rogers ones.
The city says the helicopter will be making eight flights to transport the four sign pieces from the tower to a staging area in Coal Harbour.
Six new sign pieces will be transported to the Shaw tower over 12 flights on June 1st.
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