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But the recent update highlights progress on the bridge with 10 of the 41 spans in place, compared to just two completed at the end of last September. The first cable stays were installed on the bridge at the end of January and eventually 28 cable stays will fan out from the bridge tower for support. Nine of the low-floor trains from Bombardier have already been received and testing on the line ran earlier this month along 66 Street between 34 Avenue and 51 Avenue.

Edmontonians can expect to see trains running in all areas of the line for testing until the line becomes operational “as soon as possible in 2021,” TransEd spokesman Dallas Lindskoog said in an email to Postmedia.

“Citizens of Edmonton will continue to see ongoing detours and in some cases, periodic lane closures. This is because we are building the LRT around active traffic and we need room to work safely and efficiently, considering that many of the areas we work in are very constrained,” Lindskoog said in the email. “We have a very busy year ahead of us as we move into this final stretch of construction.”

Focus Communications — the team initially responsible for TransEd’s public relations — is no longer involved in the project, company executive advisor Sue Heuman confirmed in an email to Postmedia Monday. Heuman didn’t provide any further details on why the communications firm is no longer representing TransEd.

With remaining work expected to impact community roads, TransEd will be hosting six open houses early next month in affected neighbourhoods to provide further details on construction in the area.

duscook@postmedia.com

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