WATERLOO REGION — Just when residents thought a piece of regional history was out of their grasp, light rail construction consortium GrandLinq uncovered a second corduroy road overnight Thursday at King Street and Conestoga Road.

Licensed archeologists confirmed the eight-metre long find is indeed another corduroy road, a Grandlinq spokesperson told The Record Friday in an email.

It is the second historic road discovered during light rail work since March.

GrandLinq says it brought in the same licensed archeologists who led the investigation of the corduroy road on King Street in uptown Waterloo.

"As per the requirements of both the project agreement and the Ontario Heritage Act, GrandLinq has stopped work in this area and an investigation is underway," said Kim Moser, rapid transit community relations.

Work has stopped for now, but there is no impact on traffic flow because the discovery was made within the light rail transit work area.

Vehicles can still travel in both directions using the lanes established on the west side of King Street North and through the King Street and Conestogo Road intersection.

Construction delays will only affect an eight-metre section where the discovery was made.

The lead archeologist told GrandLinq work can continue in areas around the discovery site.

Just like the last uncovered corduroy road, the site will need to be properly documented before work can continue.

GrandLinq says documentation was completed Friday and further approvals are required from the ministry before work can continue.

The first corduroy road was discovered under King Street and Willis Way on March 11.

Work had to stop until the discovery could be properly documented as required by the province, causing several weeks of delay.

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A corduroy road is made by laying logs side by side perpendicular to a roadway passing through soft or wet soil. The lead archeologist documenting the road said it was built between 1790 and 1816 by Mennonites.

On Friday, just hours before word of a potential second road was announced, the region gave away 100 pieces of the first road to members of the public. Hundreds of people stopped traffic on Erb Street attempting to get their own piece of history from the Region of Waterloo landfill.