Construction Update - April 2025
Phase 2:
The commencement of Phase 2 works for the reconstruction of St. David Street North (Highway No. 6) will begin on April 14, 2025. This phase will extend from 50 meters north of Garafraxa Street to Edinburgh Avenue.
Project Area:
- St. David St.
Scope of Work:
- The second phase of the project includes full reconstruction of St. David St. North, from Garafraxa St. to Edinburgh Ave., and involves the replacement of municipal underground infrastructure, including the watermain and sanitary sewer, as well as modifications to the storm sewer. In addition, the project includes full road and sidewalk replacement, as well as the incorporation of active transportation facilities.
Engagement and Communication:
- The project team will continue communicating closely with businesses and residents within the project limits to maintain pedestrian and vehicular access throughout the project.
- The project team has distributed construction notices with the project team’s contact information.
Traffic Calming Measures
To address concerns about traffic during construction, traffic calming measures will be implemented starting this week to help reduce cut-through traffic on neighboring streets. These measures include:
- Removable speed humps
- Flexible bollards
- “Slow Down” signs
- “No Truck” signs
Please refer to the St. David St. Traffic Calming Measures document for more information.
Phase 2 Detour Route
“Creating a vibrant, safe, and accessible corridor in Centre Wellington”
Finalized drawings issued for a construction tender request and detour plans have been added to the document section on the right-hand side of this page.
The Township of Centre Wellington had been selected for funding through the Ministry of Transportation’s 2023-24 Connecting Links Program, with a contribution of $2,849,176 toward the reconstruction of St. David Street North from St. Andrew Street to Edinburgh Avenue in Fergus.
Through the Township of Centre Wellington's 2022 Asset Management Plan, the St. David Street North reconstruction project was identified as a priority project which is needed to replace aging infrastructure that is at or near the end of its service life.
The project is a full reconstruction of St. David Street North, from St. Andrew Street to Edinburgh Avenue, and involves the replacement of municipal underground infrastructure, including the watermain and sanitary sewer, as well as modifications to the storm sewer. In addition, the project includes full road and sidewalk replacement, incorporation of traffic calming measures, signalized intersection upgrades, new controlled pedestrian crossing at St. George Street, third-party utility relocation, and the incorporation of active transportation facilities.
The project will be completed in two (2) phases:
- Phase 1: St. Andrew Street to just north of the Garafraxa Street intersection (Construction 2024)
- Enbridge is scheduled to complete gas mainline upgrades in February to April 2024.
- Phase 2: Just north of the Garafraxa Street intersection to Edinburgh Avenue (Construction 2025)
- In 2026, the contractor will install surface asphalt and pavement markings.
Design Considerations
Important items that were considered as part of this project include:
- Ensuring that the street is designed, constructed, operated, and maintained for all users and all modes of travel, in accordance with the Township’s Transportation Master Plan.
- Ensuring that the roadway meets or exceeds all applicable safety and design standards.
- Identifying opportunities to encourage walking and cycling, in accordance with the Township’s Council Strategic Plan 2019-2022.
- Exploring traffic calming opportunities to encourage drivers to reduce their rate of speed.
- Supporting downtown Fergus businesses by ensuring that patrons can access establishments by vehicle, foot, and bike.
- Including benches, decorative streetlights, and new trees that add to the visual appeal of the streetscape.
PROJECT LOCATION
Opportunities/ Constraints:
- Improves walking and cycling.
- Separated cycling lanes are justified given average daily traffic volumes and mix of heavy vehicle traffic (per Provincial Standards).
- Opportunity to add benches, decorative streetlights, and new trees.
- Reduction in vehicle lane width could result in positive changes to driver behaviour (ex. reduced average travel speeds).
- Reduction in frequently used on-street parking spaces (from 14 spaces to 4).
View the survey responses from the St. David Street Reconstruction Option survey that was available for comment from March 3-30, 2021.
We Want to Hear from You!
If you have any questions or comments regarding the project, please contact one of the Project Team members:
Karol Czerwonka (Township Project Manager, Township of Centre Wellington)
519-846-9691 ext. 302
kczerwonka@centrewellington.ca
David Donaldson, P.Eng. (Consultant Project Manager, Triton Engineering Services Limited)
519-843-3920 ext. 232
ddonaldson@tritoneng.on.ca
