derry road traffic disruptions

REMINDER: Beer Vats To Move Into Milton Tonight

Mike Cluett

The 6 extremely large Molson beer vats are now parked along Highway 25 (Bronte Road) in between Britannia Road and Derry Road.  There are some lane restrictions there so be aware as there will be delays.

At approximately 9pm tonight, the vats will continue their journey through the GMA (Greater Milton Area) along Derry Road towards Trafalgar Road and make their way north to Steeles.  Its unsure of where they will end up because of some potential slow downs (cutting hydro wires etc) but they should be all the way through the residential area of Milton by the morning.

www.twitter.com/ChallengerMF Follow them on Twitter if you would like to see some pictures and updates on the journey.  They have been doing a great job keeping people informed of where they are in the process and taking many pictures along the way.

Ned Devine’s would be a great location to sit and watch as they come up Highway 25 and turn east on Derry Road. 

See you then!

Molson To Move Beer Vats This Weekend

Mike Cluett

There has been some talk recently about Molson transporting 6 very large vats through the area towards their Toronto location.  This will be happening on the weekend.

The transportation will start on January 7th in Hamilton and end up at Carlingview Drive by Tuesday January 12th.  There will be some disruption to traffic in Milton over the course of the trip (Hwy 25 from Oakville to Derry Road to Trafalgar Road to Steeles Ave towards Winston Churchill Blvd)

I have scanned in the schedule for you to look at.  They project “minimal” disruption to traffic in our area between 9PM on Friday January 7th and 6AM on Saturday January 8th or 9PM Saturday January 8th to 6AM Sunday January 9th.

Its quite the large container that will be transported and it wont be moving fast.  Be careful when driving around theses areas and be safe.  Here is a link to Halton Police’s news release as well.

Here is the article from InsideHalton.com

Beer vat move is on again

They’re going to give it one more try.

Challenger Motor Freight Co. is planning once again to transport six massive beer vats from Hamilton Port Authority to Molson Coors Brewery near Toronto airport this weekend. So drivers could face major traffic delays on area roads as the six oversized tanks are moved along area roads.

Tomorrow (Friday) the company plans to begin moving the beer vats that each hold a million bottles of beer from Hamilton to Burlington, then beginning Saturday night about 9 p.m. the vats are to travel along Dundas to Regional Rd. 25 north to Derry Rd. to Trafalgar Rd. then north to Steeles Ave. in Halton Hills.

The convoy will park on Steeles Ave. near Mississauga Rd. for the day Sunday, then carry on over the following two nights into Toronto and the brewery.

Last month the company planned the move and put it off four times due to weather or mechanical difficulties.