All City Centre streets now open to traffic

All streets in the City Centre area are now open to traffic, following this year’s construction work on the streetscape revitalization project.

There may be temporary intermittent closures to complete some finishing touches in the area, and motorists are asked to watch for flaggers. Otherwise, construction in the City Centre is significantly complete with some landscaping work to finalize in the spring.

This year’s work on the streetscape revitalization project focused on surface work and landscaping along Main Street and McLeod Avenue. Last year the focus was on rehabilitating many of the critical services located beneath the city streets, such as sanitary sewer lines, water main lines, and stormwater utility lines, as well as private utilities.

Throughout September, a significant amount of paving was completed, including back alleys, and most of the streetlights were installed and energized. The last of the concrete benches were also poured, the median wall was installed along McLeod Avenue, and some of the trees were planted.

Work being finished in October includes brick inlay, adding toppers to the concrete benches, tree planting, and completing the concrete, asphalt and sod/soil tie-ins.

Thank you to motorists, pedestrians and businesses in the area for your patience throughout this construction season. The community is encouraged to continue shopping local and can visit CityCentreOpenForYou.ca for a business directory and interactive map to find businesses and parking in the area.

Intersection of McLeod Avenue and Main Street with raised crosswalks.