re-route

verb

1. to route or direct (traffic, a road, a river, etc) in a different direction
2. to change the direction of (a project, funds, etc)

Example Sentences

The idea, they say, is to re-route general traffic around some of the capital's most famous streets like the Grassmarket and parts of the Royal Mile where pedestrians would be given priority.

From BBC

But ship tracking data shows that this changed from 15 December, when ship operators began taking decisions to re-route their cargo around Africa.

From BBC

The shipping company Maersk had announced earlier that it had decided to re-route its ships that have been paused for days outside the strait and Red Sea, and send them around Africa instead.

From Seattle Times

Its forced some companies to re-route cargo, to avoid the attacks.

From BBC

On Tuesday the shipping company Maersk announced that for now, it had decided to re-route its ships that have been paused for days outside the strait and Red Sea, and send them around Africa through the Cape of Good Hope instead - a much longer and less efficient passage.

From Washington Times