Sudbury shares details on civil construction works for 2023 season
The City of Sudbury has shared its list of planned civil construction projects for the 2023 year.
Engineering services director David Shelsted highlighted a handful of the projects at Monday’s council meeting. They include:
- The Kingsway infrastructure improvements from Falconbridge Road to Silver Hills Drive. These include bike lanes at a cost of $10 million.
- Valued at $5.5 million, the planned construction of a portion of the Paris/Notre Dame Bikeway calls for the bikeway to be extended to 5.97 km of its 8.76-km goal.
- A roundabout at Frood Road at Lasalle Boulevard. Valued at $4.3 million, the four-lane roundabout will support the Maley Drive Extension project which aims to reroute heavy mining trucks and ease congestion along the Maley Drive and Lasalle Boulevard corridor.
Projects already underway around the city include
- Road reconstruction and water and sewermain replacements on Struthers Street from Regent Street to Junction Creek reconstruction, at a cost of $4.5 million. Major works should be complete by November.
- Road improvements, including bike lanes, on Walford Road from Paris Street to Notre Dame Avenue, at a cost of $5 million.
- Road and wastewater improvements on David Street from Paris Street westerly on Marion Street from McNaughton Road to the north end, at a cost of $6.7 million.
- Water and wastewater improvements on Anderson Drive from Third Ave to MR 24, at cost of $10.5 million and a target completion date of fall 2024.
- Pavement rehabilitation and drainage improvements on Panache Lake Road from MR 55 to St. Pothier Road, at a cost of $2 million.
Shelsted indicated that a final budget had not been attached to this year’s construction spend, due to the fact that several projects spanned more than one year. He added that construction volume, by dollar, would be comparable to 2022’s spend.
Last year, the city made a total investment of more than $73.6 million into its roads, water, sewer and active transportation networks, as well as bridges and large culverts. Construction work in 2022 included the rehabilitation of 24 lane kilometres of roads in 23 locations, the installation of 8,625 metres of active transportation including sidewalk and trails at 11 locations, the installation of 10,635 metres of concrete curb and gutter at 15 locations, the replacement of 2,980 metres of water main at seven locations, the rehabilitation of seven bridges and the replacement of three others, and the completion of 93,000 square metres of large asphalt patches at 26 locations.