Downtown Calgary LRT station to be closed for construction

A major construction project set to begin next month that will shut down an LRT station for more than a week. Work on the 17 Avenue S.E. extension is expected to close the Victoria Park/Stampede station for nine days in early November. The construction project has been ongoing for some time, but this is the first time that it will have a major impact on downtown commuters. First, several more lanes of Macleod Trail will be blocked off for workers. Second, with the station closed, LRT riders will