Stantec has announced that it has been retained by the City of Toronto and the Toronto and Regional Conservation Authority, to lead the replacement of two bridges crossing Black Creek at Jane Street and Scarlett Road.

Stantec’s scope of work includes preliminary design, detailed design, and tendering and construction, including slope stabilization, channel works, roadway modifications, bikeway improvements, utility relocations, restoration of public trails and other park amenities, and public art installations. The contract is valued at $12.5 million.

The project covers Toronto’s most flood-prone neighbourhood—Rockcliffe-Smythe—which has experienced multiple major flooding events in recent years.

Flood mitigation in the area will include widening and deepening flood channels and replacing bridges and culverts.

“Replacing the bridges at Scarlett Road and Jane Street are an important piece of the overall flood mitigation approach for Rockcliffe-Smythe,” said Peter Erceg, project manager, Stantec. “With these improvements we will help make the community more resilient, while improving transportation connections to the surrounding city.”

Both bridges will be widened as they are reconstructed, with cycling and public amenity space added. At Jane Street, an 11-metre concrete arch culvert will be replaced by a 55-metre single-span bridge with raised cycle tracks in each direction. At Scarlett Road, the existing 15-metre bridge will be replaced by a higher 30-metre single-span bridge and raised cycle tracks will improve upon current cycling infrastructure.

Stantec is active on multiple resilience and transportation projects across the Greater Toronto Area, including the Gardiner Expressway Rehabilitation Section 4, the Ontario Line, the Hazel McCallion Line, and the rehabilitation and reconstruction of 63 bridges across the city.

Since 2019, the company has been part of the team monitoring construction of the Don Mouth Naturalization and Port Lands Flood Protection project—one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Toronto’s history.