Road repair coming to your street

Select roadway improvements in the 2015 capital budget include the following:

1. Lakeshore Road from Maple Ave to the city limit: (Will be completed in conjunction with the Beachway Master Plan) $2.8 million, including $235k for bike lanes.
2. Plains Road East from Fairview St to Brenda Crescent, full road reconstruction and proper storm drainage below the CN overpass: $1.3 million, including $75k for bike lanes.
3. Plains Road East bridge rehabilitation (under CNR tracks), $1 million.
4. Brock Ave, Elgin to Ontario, reconstruction and sidewalks, $310k.
5. Edinburgh Drive reconstruction, including new curbs, sidewalks, pavement and storm sewer repairs/replacement, $1.2 million.
6. New Street resurfacing from Martha to Guelph Line, $825k. NOTE: In 2015 staff will be submitting a report identifying the cost of providing segregated bike lanes along the New Street corridor. Last year, staff provided a report estimating that elevated bike lanes in this section would require widening New Street, for a total additional cost to the project of roughly $1 million. I do not support the widening, and am comfortable with staff’s initial proposal of a painted bike lane on the north side of the street, and sharrows (share the road markings) on the south side. See previous articles: Council considers widening New St for raised bike lanes for $2m and Staff recommend one bike lane on New, two lanes of traffic, one full centre turn lane; June 16

Shave & PaveAs part of the annual $3 million shave and pave program, the following Ward 2 streets will be resurfaced in 2015:

• Pine (from Pearl to Martha);
• Queesway Drive, west of the cul-de-sac to Brenda Crescent;
• Stinson Ave (Fairleigh Place to New St);
• St. Paul St (South end to Lakeshore Road).

Future road repair projects

• 2016: Drury Lane resurfacing, from New to Fairview and north of Fairview, $1 million.
• 2016. As part of the work, the intersection of Drury Lane and Prospect Street will be reconstructed.
• 2016 & 2018: Brant Street & Plains Road Reconstruction, to provide additional capacity for traffic movement. $51,000 for design in 2016, with construction in 2018.
• 2018: Tallman Ave & Courtland Drive reconstruction, including new road base, sidewalks and any water or wastewater replacement, $1.05 million
• 2018: Hydro Corridor Multi-use Pathway Paving, from Graham’s Lane to Lakeshore Rd., paving the existing gravel path at 4 metres wide, in keeping with the Cycling Master Plan. $425,000.
• 2016-2018: Restoration of decorative street lights throughout the downtown, $221,000 per year over four years, for removal, sandblasting, painting, reinstallation and rewiring. There are over 400 street lights within this program.
• 2018: Replacement of Drury Lane pedestrian bridge, $1.65 million. The upcoming Transportation Master Plan will address the policy decision-making framework necessary to make an assessment of locations throughout the city that warrant pedestrian crossing structures at railways, creeks and highways. The funding is a place holder until further information is available.
• 2018: Ghent & Hager Avenues minor reconstruction (resurfacing as well as replacement of curbs and sidewalk sections where necessary) $650,000
• 2018: Lakeshore Road reconstruction, from Nelson Avenue to Elizabeth Street, $3.6 million in 2018, including $550,000 for bike lanes.
• 2019: James Street reconstruction from Brant St to Martha St: $1.8 million, including $680,000 for hydro wire burial.
• 2016 & 2018: Harvester Road at Guelph Line improvements and widening: $500,000 for land acquisition in 2016; $2 million for construction (2018) including $525,000 for bike lane installations.