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The City of Regina is apologizing after a failure to post the proper construction signage resulted in a major traffic jam in southeast Regina on Wednesday morning.

Residents reported waits of up to two or three hours after getting stuck in the University Park area due to the unexpected closure of the Assiniboine Avenue east ramp to the Ring Road.

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“All of a sudden it become a mini New York, said Ward 4 Coun. Lori Bresciani. “Traffic was literally on every street you could imagine in University Park and people couldn’t get out.”

With no advanced warning of the closure and what residents describe as a lack of signage far enough in advance of the closures, commuters flooded University Park Drive and Arcola Avenue, then struggled to find a way out.

Bresciani started getting calls from outraged residents at 7 a.m.

“I just kept hearing, ‘Unacceptable,’ she said. “Residents were not very happy.”

She said drivers were attempting U-turns; those who could, parked and walked to work so they wouldn’t be late; city and school buses were delayed; and parents were concerned about their kids walking to school with so much more traffic in the area.