It is going to be a busy construction season in 2018 warned Mayor Brian Bowman.
The City of Winnipeg announced which roads will be repaired in the new year and the list is extensive.
- Empress Street/Empress Street E/Westway/Eastway – St. Matthews to Portage
- Pembina Highway, northbound – Ducharme to Cloutier
- McPhillips Street, north and southbound – Logan to Jarvis
- Garry/Notre Dame Avenue – Notre Dame to Assiniboine/Portage to Princess
- Portage Avenue & Main Street
- St. James Street – Sargent to Ellice
- McGregor Avenue – Selkirk to Mountain
- Roblin Boulevard, eastbound – Assiniboine Park Drive to Shaftesbury
- Fermor Avenue – St. Anne’s to Archibald
The city has earmarked $116 million for repairs, $11 million more than the 2017 budget.
[jaw_quote author=”Brian Bowman – Mayor, City of Winnipeg” ]Get ready for another busy construction season next year.[/jaw_quote][jaw_clear]
In July 2017, City Council recommended that a request be made for $182 million in federal funding through the New Building Canada Fund. A formal funding request was submitted for provincial review.
“Residents across Winnipeg continue to tell us one of their top priorities is to fix the roads,” said Mayor Bowman. “This is the highest annual level of investment in road renewal in Winnipeg’s history, and this level of investment reflects how much of a priority this is for residents across our city.”
If the funding is approved an additional 20 road renewal projects would be undertaken over the next six years and would see the following roads repaired:
- Portage Avenue, eastbound – Woodlawn to Garden
- Portage Avenue, east and westbound – Main to Memorial
- Pembina Highway, north and southbound – Ducharme to Des Trappistes
- Kind Edward Street, north and southbound – Hyde to Logan
- Grant Avenue, east and westbound – Cambridge to Wilton
- Selkirk Avenue, east and westbound – Arlington to Sinclair
- Salter Street, east and westbound – Flora to Mountain
- University Crescent, north and southbound – Pembina to Chancellor Matheson
- Broadway Street, east and westbound – Osborne to Main
- Keewatin Street, northbound – Inkster to Adsum
- Pandora Street, east and westbound – Wayoata to Day
- Roblin Boulevard, east and westbound – Dieppe to Barker
- Dunkirk Street, north and southbound – St. Vital Bridge to St. Vital Road
- Archibald Street, north and southbound – Elizabeth to Fermor
- Regent Avenue, east and westbound – Rougeau to Plessis
- Corydon Avenue, east and westbound – Wilton to Cambridge
- Sturgeon Avenue, north and southbound – Ness to Portage
- Lagimodiere Boulevard, north and southbound – Knowles to Springfield
- Erin Street, southbound – Notre Dame to Wellington
- Sargent Avenue, southbound – Arlington to Erin
“Being able to access federal funding would significantly increase the city’s ability to renew regional roads across Winnipeg,” said Councillor Marty Morantz, Chairperson of the Standing Policy Committee on Infrastructure Renewal and Public Works. “This is a tremendous opportunity for federal, provincial, and city governments to partner in rebuilding our city’s regional road network and would significantly increase the already unprecedented level of funding the city and province are already investing in Winnipeg road repair.”
-News 4-
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