Multi-year reconstruction project for Grand River Street North to start in 2023

By CasandraTurnbull

The Administration and Operations Committee received some more details during a meeting this past week outlining the planned work to reconstruction Paris’ busiest roadway.

County of Brant Staff are working with two different consultants to complete the design for the reconstruction of Grand River Street North that will be finished in stages over the next few years

The first phase of the project, which is slated to begin this year, is the construction of a gravity trunk sanitary sewer from the existing Grand River Street North Sewage Pumping Station on GRSN, south of Trillium Way north to Hartley Avenue. According to documents provided by staff at this week’s Administration meeting, as a part of this project the existing watermain will be replaced and upsized (as recommended by the Paris Master Servicing Plan) from Bradbury Crescent to Woodslee Avenue. The watermain replacement between Scott Avenue and Bradbury Crescent will need to be completed first to make room to install the trunk sanitary sewer. Site works will begin with watermain replacement to make space for the installation of the sewer to follow It is anticipated that work will begin in late May or early June, pending utility locates.

Road and boulevard surfaces will be restored to their pre-existing condition

The Scott Avenue roundabout project will be tendered in 2024 for construction to commence in the summer and finish in the fall This work is necessary to have the

Scott Street roundabout in operation prior to the new north fire station going into operation in late 2024 or early 2025 Roundabouts are also planned at Watts Pond Road, Scott Avenue and Trillium Way While the construction work is ongoing, staff and a consultant will be working on securing property along the corridor from Watts Pond Road to Silver Street to widen the right of way to allow for utility relocation and the ultimate surface redesign as per the approved GRSN Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA). Timelines for unknown, but the goal is to have as much completed by the end of 2023. The focus will be to secure what is needed around the Scott Avenue intersection as quickly as possible

The most disruptive part of the Grand River Street North project will come in 2025 when the downtown corridor is under construction. Part of this includes plans to reconstruct GRSN between William Street and the Nith River Bridge in downtown Paris. Timing and finances for this section of the work will be determined in the 2024 Capital Budget