Wednesday, April 16, 2025
City of Orillia greenlights Centennial Drive Phase 1 contract amendment
At a special meeting on August 12, Orillia Council authorized a change order in the amount of $1.645 million, which amends the contract with the…
roads and highways
City of Windsor invested $10M for the Banwell Road corridor project
The City of Windsor recently provided an update on Phase 2 of the improvements being made on Banwell Road. This project is part of approximately…
Manitoba announces start of next phase of PTH construction project
The Government of Manitoba announced that construction work is continuing on Provincial Trunk Highway (PTH) 101 and PTH 100, the North and South Perimeter Highways.…
$5.6M Highway 21 bypass in Unity, SK nearing completion
The Government of Saskatchewan announced that a $5.6 million bypass for Highway 21 at Unity is nearing completion. “We are making investments across the province…
Road resiliency strengthened along B.C.’s Highway 19
The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that work is underway on Highway 19 through Nanaimo and Lantzville to improve the road surface and…
Saskatchewan to add 28 passing lanes on Highway 16
The Government of Saskatchewan announced that there will be 28 passing lanes and multiple intersection upgrades on Highway 16, which will improve safety along the…
Permanent repairs coming for Othello section of B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway 5
B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that permanent repairs to the Othello section of the Coquihalla Highway 5 will begin soon, helping rebuild the…
Herb Gray Parkway P3 project acquired by CC&L Infrastructure
Connor, Clark & Lunn (CC&L) Infrastructure and Desjardins Global Asset Management announced the acquisition of a majority interest in the Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway…
Highway 7 four-lane upgrade project in B.C. goes to tender
The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that work will begin this fall to upgrade the final undivided two-lane section of Highway 7 to…
Recycled Roads
Durham Region pilots road reconstruction using recycled materials. The principles of “rethink, reduce and reuse,” have been around a long time, but new takes on…
Saskatchewan nears completion of more than $100M in highway construction
The Saskatchewan Government announced that a multi-year series of highway safety improvements is nearing completion on Highway 7. The latest upgrades include passing lanes between…
Funding for Alberta road and water infrastructure projeccts
The Government of Alberta announced it is supporting 78 road, bridge, community airport and water infrastructure projects. “These projects will not only address critical local…
North Vancouver’s Lower Lynn Improvements Project wraps up
The Government of British Columbia announced that all four phases of the Lower Lynn Improvements Project are complete, providing improved traffic flow and better active…
Alberta cancels P3 procurement model for Calgary’s Deerfoot Trail
The Government of Alberta announced it has cancelled a public-private partnership (P3) approach to upgrade Deerfoot Trail in Calgary, opting to procure the improvements in…
Edmonton’s first major roadway to be given a Cree name
Qualico Communities celebrated National Indigenous Peoples Day by hosting the grand opening of the newly completed Maskêkosihk Trail. This 2-kilometre stretch of arterial road is…
Engineers’ strike putting Quebec’s road maintenance industry in a state of crisis
Bitume Quebec is warning of “mass layoffs” by dozens of asphalt companies if an ongoing labor dispute between Quebec’s 1,800 government engineers and the provincial…
Permanent repairs begin soon to B.C.’s Coquihalla and Highway 1
B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that permanent repairs to flood-damaged sections of the Coquihalla (Highway 5) and Highway 1 will soon be underway.…
Manitoba invests $36M in Burntwood River Bridge rehabilitation
The Manitoba government is investing $36 million toward the rehabilitation of the Miles Hart Bridge, which spans the Burntwood River three kilometres north of Provincial…
Work to begin on overpasses, bridges in Corner Brook
The Newfoundland and Labrador Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that work will begin this month on repairs for three overpasses and two bridges in…
Canada’s road networks remained relatively unchanged: CCPI survey
Statistics Canada released the data on the status of Canada’s roads, bridges and tunnels through Canada’s Core Public Infrastructure (CCPI) survey, for reference year 2020.…
Contracts awarded for Avalon Peninsula road work
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced that two contracts have been awarded to complete roadwork on highways on the southern Avalon Peninsula. A contract…
Contract awarded for bridge replacement on Trans-Canada Highway in NL
A contract valued at $7.8 million has been awarded to Coady Construction & Excavating Ltd. to replace Rushy Pond Bridge on the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately…
$27M Cabana Road corridor upgrades continue in City of Windsor
The City of Windsor announced the details for the next phase of the $27 million project to modernize Cabana Road West from Dougall Avenue to…
New Leduc interchange at QEII Highway to begin construction this summer
The Government of Alberta announced that construction on a new interchange at Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Highway and 65 Avenue in Leduc is expected to…