Backgrounder: Over 150 road and sidewalks projects planned for Winnipeg in 2017

Backgrounder

Local and regional roads projects in the City of Winnipeg – allocations towards projects in 2017

Over 150 construction projects will get underway in Winnipeg in 2017 with a total of $105 million investment in Winnipeg’s roads, back lanes and sidewalks. The Government of Canada will be contributing $12.2 million toward a portion of these projects through the federal Gas Tax Fund. The balance is budgeted to be funded by the Province of Manitoba and the City of Winnipeg. Note the funding levels are yet to be finalized pending the approval of the 2017 provincial budget.

Here are some details on this investment:

Over 130 lane kilometers of improvements are scheduled for 2017.

The $60.3 million local streets program funding is allotted as follows:

  • Local street renewals (including industrial/commercial renewals) - $25 million
  • Enhanced local streets, lanes and sidewalks renewal (funded by local street renewal reserve) - $23.3 million
  • Lane renewals - $2.75 million
  • Local thin bituminous overlay (TBO) - $5 million
  • Granular roadway improvements including road oiling - $3 million
  • Sidewalk renewals on local streets - $800,000
  • Recreational walkways and bike pathway renewals - $500,000

 

The $44.8 million regional street program funding is allotted as follows:

  • Regional reconstruction and major rehabilitation works - $38.6 million
  • Regional mill and fill preservation works - $3.9 million renewal reserve) - $23.3 million
  • Sidewalk, curb and street renewals in the downtown - $1.5 million
  • Regional accessibility improvements such as regional sidewalk and curb renewals and regional paving of granular shoulders - $750,000
  • Regional accessibility improvements such as detectable warning surface tiles - $100,000

For more information on the federal Gas Tax Fund, please visit http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/gtf-fte-eng.html.

For more information on the individual projects in the above list, please direct your questions to the City of Winnipeg.

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