Intersection opening marks milestone for Nanaimo's Midtown Gateway Project

Intersection opening marks milestone for Nanaimo's Midtown Gateway Project

City officially opens intersection connecting major routes through central Nanaimo

‘Very successful’: Nanaimo celebrates opening of new intersection at Bowen Road

On Wednesday morning, City of Nanaimo council members cut a ribbon to mark the opening of a new intersection at Bowen Road, Boxwood Road and Beban Parkway. The city says it opened the new, major intersection to help divert some traffic from its busiest intersection a block away at Bowen Road and Northfield Road. The opening was roughly 15 years in the making, with the city first purchasing the intersection land for roughly $2 million in 2010. Th…

Significant central Nanaimo signaled intersection opens

NANAIMO — A project much larger and more expensive than the City of Nanaimo originally envisioned is starting to come to fruition. The multi-faceted Midtown Gateway initiative hit a significant milestone on Wednesday, Jan. 22 when the traffic signal became operational at the new Bowen Rd./Boxwood Rd./Beban Parkway intersection at about 12 p.m. Viewed as an important new feature in conjunction with considerable surrounding road network additions,…