Construction season in York Region: $339 million worth of road projects
'Travellers want to move around more efficiently': Wayne Emmerson
Yorkregion.com
April 25, 2019
Lisa Queen
Spring weather finally seems to be here to stay and you know what that means -- road construction season.
York Region is spending $339 million this year to expand and maintain regional arterial roads and transit as part of a $2.8 billion investment in the regional transportation network over the next 10 years.
Projects include road reconstruction and widening, major bridge replacements and upgrades, intersection upgrades and improvements to enhance traffic operations, pavement repair, preservation and rehabilitation and transit terminal, station and bus stop repairs and improvements.
“York Region travellers want to move around more efficiently,” Regional Chair Wayne Emmerson said in a statement.
“This investment reflects regional council’s ongoing commitment to building a transportation network that provides commuters with better access to where they need and want to go.”
Check the list below for construction in your community or on your commute. For a full list and details about each project, visit york.ca/roadconstruction.
Aurora
- Bayview Avenue -- Lake to Lake Cycling Route and Walking Trail
- Construction Starts: March 2019
- Construction Ends: Fall 2019
- Leslie Street from Wellington Street to Broughton Lane
- Road widening from two to four lanes
- Construction Starts: Spring 2017
- Construction Ends: Late 2019
- St. John’s Sideroad from Bayview Avenue to Hwy. 404
- Road widening from two to four lanes
- Construction Starts: July 2016
- Construction Ends: Summer 2019
East Gwillimbury
- Mount Albert Road east of Warden Avenue
- Construction Starts: August 2018
- Construction Ends: Winter 2019
Georgina
- No current projects
King
- Bathurst Street at Davis Drive
- Intersection improvements
- Under construction
- Dufferin Street at Country Day School
- Construction Starts: Summer 2018
- Construction Ends: Summer 2019
- New traffic signal installation
- Construction Ends: Spring 2019
- King Road at Hwy. 27
- Intersection improvements
- Construction Starts: April 2018
- Construction Ends: Summer 2019
- King Road at Weston Road
- Intersection improvements
- Construction Starts: 2019
Markham
- 16th Avenue and Williamson Road
- New traffic signal at intersection
- Construction Starts: Spring 2019
- 16th Avenue from Woodbine Avenue to York/Durham Line
- This study investigates future long term needs and improvements for 16th Avenue to better serve transit, pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists. The study considers prior studies and official plans and effects on the environment.
- Estimated Study Completion: 2019
- Hwy. 7 and Kennedy Road
- Construction Starts: Spring 2018
- Intersection and bus stop improvements
- Hwy. 7 and Main Street Unionville
- Construction Starts: Fall 2018
- Construction Ends: Summer 2019
- Highway 7 and Main Street Unionville
- Intersection and bus stop improvements
- Yonge Street between John Street and Hwy. 407
- Construction Starts: Fall 2018
- Construction Ends: Summer 2019
- Lake to Lake Cycling Route and Walking Trail
- Construction Starts: January 2018
- Construction Ends: Minor work taking place early 2019
Newmarket
- Bathurst Street at Davis Drive
- Intersection improvements
- April 2019
- Yonge Street -- Mulock Drive to Davis Drive
- VivaNext bus rapidway construction
- Construction starts: 2014
- Expected completion: 2019
Richmond Hill
- 16th Avenue from Woodbine Avenue to York/Durham Line
- This study investigates future long term needs and improvements for 16th Avenue to better serve transit, pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists. The study considers prior studies and official plans and effects on the environment.
- Estimated Study Completion: 2019
- Leslie Street at 19th Avenue
- Intersection improvements and jog elimination
- Spring 2019
- Leslie Street from Elgin Mills Road to 19th Avenue
- Road widening from 2 to 4 lanes
- Construction Starts: Spring 2019
- Yonge Street -- Hwy. 7 to 19th Avenue/Gamble Road
- VivaNext bus rapidway construction
- Construction Starts: 2014
- Expected Completion: 2020
- Yonge Street -- Between John Street and Hwy. 407
- Construction Starts: Summer 2018
- Construction Ends: Spring 2019
Vaughan
- Dufferin Street from Langstaff Road to Teston Road
- Environmental Assessment Study
- Estimated Study Completion: 2019
- Hwy. 27 CP Rail Bridge Replacement
- Bridge replacement 300 metres south of Rutherford Road
- Construction Starts: 2019
- Hwy. 50 at Gore Road
- Intersection Improvements
- Construction Ends: Spring 2019
- Hwy. -- Pine Valley Drive to Edgeley Boulevard and Bowes Road to Yonge Street
- VivaNext bus rapidway construction
- Construction Starts: 2015
- Expected Completion: 2019
- Jane Street and Pennsylvania Avenue/MacIntosh Boulevard and Jane Street and Langstaff Road in the City of Vaughan
- Construction begins: Spring 2019
- Construction ends: Summer 2019
- Keele Street and Langstaff Road
- Construction Starts: Spring 2019
- Construction Ends: Summer 2019
- Traffic signal work and intersection improvements
- Keele Street from Steeles Avenue to Hwy. 407
- Road widening from four to six lanes, including Transit-HOV lanes
- Construction Starts: 2019
- Langstaff Road from Weston Road to Hwy. 7
- Environmental Assessment Study
- Estimated Study Completion: 2019
- Major Mackenzie Drive from Islington Avenue to Pine Valley Drive
- Road widening from two to six lanes
- Construction Starts: Summer 2019
- Major Mackenzie from the Hwy. 427 Extension to Islington Avenue
- Road widening from two to six lanes, including jog elimination
- Construction: Underway
- Construction Ends: 2021
- Canadian Pacific Railway Bridge Construction
- Construction Starts: Spring 2018
- Construction Ends: 2021
- Major Mackenzie Drive from Hwy. 50 to the Hwy. 427 Extension
- Road widening from two to six lanes
- Construction Starts: Work will coincide with construction of the new Hwy. 427 extension by the Ministry of Transportation
- Rutherford Road from Westburne Drive to Peter Rupert Avenue (underpass)
- Metrolinx project: Road underpass and widening from four to six lanes, including Transit-HOV lanes
- Construction Starts: 2019
Whitchurch-Stouffville
- No current projects
