With Nelson’s Victoria Street Transit Exchange opening in five days the city has closed traffic on the 300 block of Victoria Street until Monday, it announced at 9 a.m. this morning. The exchange between Kootenay Street and Stanley Street will be closed to complete the last of the roadwork this weekend, but the “finishing touches” are still in progress. Bus shelters will be installed later this summer. Landscaping will be completed in the fall. On Monday, June 30, bus service from the Ward Street and Baker Street exchange will move over to the new transit exchange on Victoria Street between Kootenay Street and Stanley Street. The current design provides five bus bays — constructed out of concrete for added durability — because adding another bus bay would reduce limited on-street parking and eliminate the loading zone. Details for the project include, on the north side, a completely redone curb, gutter and sidewalk from one end to the other (Kootenay to Stanley street). Transit shelters, complete with in-ceiling lighting. Three bus bays on the north side of the street with two on the south side, will also see all new curb, gutter and sidewalk installed throughout. There will be new street lighting throughout the exchange as well, with a public restroom stationed near the Nelson Public Library. There will also be bike racks included on the street, with four on-street parking stalls for vehicles on the north side. With the move to the new exchange will come some scheduling changes, warned a press release from the city. “There will be some minor schedule and routing changes on all routes that service the City of Nelson,” the city release stated. People are asked to visit B.C. Transit’s website for up-to-date trip schedules and maps.