Project Phases

We hope to start this phase at this time, but it still is an estimated start date. We'll let you know once we confirm start dates!

Tasks 

• Construction of Centennial Street: 50 Avenue to Lakeshore Drive 
• Limiting July and August construction wherever possible  
• Improve accessibility such as widening sidewalks and wheelchair ramps, rolled curbs, and more
• Installing new underground infrastructure such as new stormwater drainage and soil cells that work together with trees to improve the downtown stormwater system
  • Improve safety by routing stormwater from downspouts underground and into soil cells, instead of through grated trenches or onto the sidewalk
  • This reduces the amount of ice in the winter, making shopping downtown during the winter more inviting and accessible 
• We'll post more details about this phase as they become available

Why can't we do construction projects according to a set schedule?

• Weather is the boss of construction. If we have bad weather, we have to delay projects
• Construction supplies sometimes arrive on time, sometimes they arrive late. For example, if concrete supplies for sidewalks are delivered late, we can't start the construction
• Sometimes we find surprises in the ground. We make every effort to survey before breaking ground, but sometimes we find underground utilities like gas lines that are in unexpected places. This forces us to create a new plan, which can cause a time delay
• There are more surprises that can happen too! We plan things down to the last detail, but plans are never 100% perfect, 100% of the time

 We thank you for all your patience during construction to keep our workers safe!

To allow for businesses to have a break from continual construction, we are hoping to pause for two years. 

This two year pause applies to the Centennial Street project.

The intersection is now open!

Completed

• Concrete, first level of asphalt, line painting, and signage
• Fortis installed the streetlights along 50 Avenue

Tasks 

Part 1, 2024: Reconstruction of the intersection at 50 Avenue and Centennial Street

• CN Rail is scheduled to complete installation of the pedestrian crossing at the railway along the east side of 50 Street by the end of November
• Remove old asphalt, concrete curbs, and sidewalks
• Install underground wiring conduit for the new traffic signals 
• Excavate and install a new gravel structure to provide a base for a new asphalt road surface 
• Install new curbs and gutters 
• Install new sidewalks 
• Pave the road with asphalt 
• Install a new asphalt walking path on the east side of the intersection 
• Landscaping 
• CN Rail and Fortis are also working on upgrades 

Part 2, 2024: 

• Install traffic lights. Scheduled for the end of November. We turn them on in the spring of 2025. First, CN must remove, replace, and upgrade their equipment so the traffic signals can coordinate with the rail crossing signals

Part 3, 2025

• Minor, short-term construction
• Final layer of asphalt with line painting
• Line painting
• Any remaining landscaping
• Paving of trail along south side of 50 Ave and east side of 50 St

• Traffic lights turn on

• Because we halt construction for the summer, some phase 2 tasks must be completed in 2025

 We thank you for all your patience during construction to keep our workers safe!