Downtown Road Renewals 2019-2024

2019-2024 Downtown Streets Renewal Project is supported by the Government of Canada New Building Canada Fund and the Province of Manitoba. It will see major rehabilitation work done on numerous streets in the city’s Downtown and will ultimately greatly improve road surface conditions.

This is one of the first projects to roll out under a new initiative that bundles multiple street segments in a common area or with a common scope into a single, multi-year package. The new approach allows a single consultant to review, schedule, design, tender, and oversee construction of a number of streets in close proximity, and facilitates project efficiency and delivery.

The following streets are included in the project:

• Broadway (Osborne Street to Main Street)
• Carlton Street (Portage Avenue to Ellice Avenue)
• Donald Street (St. Mary Avenue to Broadway)
• Donald Street (Broadway to Gertrude Avenue)
• Fort Street (Broadway to Graham Avenue)
• Portage Avenue (Memorial Boulevard to Main Street)
• Smith Street (Notre Dame Avenue to Graham Avenue)
• Smith Street (Graham Avenue to Donald Street Bridge)
• Hargrave Street (Portage Avenue to Ellice Avenue)
• Hargrave Street (Broadway to York Avenue)

We are currently working on construction staging and will begin one or more of the streets in the 2022 construction season. Sign up for updates to receive notification of the staging plan when it is confirmed.

We will not be doing any formal public engagement on this project, as it does not have any permanent implications for parking, loading, intersection geometries, or routing.

Instead, the City will be reaching out to and meeting with businesses, residents and property owners in the area to gather information about areaways, parking and loading needs, and planned private construction or renovations; this information will help us stage construction so it has minimal impact on area stakeholders and will also allow us to make accommodations where necessary.

We are working with area stakeholders to minimize negative impacts through construction. We're taking stakeholder feedback into account as part of our staging plan, and are also helping mitigate concerns around parking, loading and access.

If you believe you are an area stakeholder and we do not contact you by October 31, 2019, please reach out to us at downtownstreets@winnipeg.ca.

As with any construction, there will be traffic implications. We are working with our partner agencies, as well as area stakeholders, to ensure that traffic impacts are kept to a minimum. We will be initiating proactive public communications once staging is complete to ensure the public is aware of staging, rerouting, lane closures, and project progress.

Before any road work begins, building areaways (the underground spaces adjacent to, or part of, some building basements) must be inspected to determine structural characteristics including the presence of out of commission coal chutes and so on. These are a non-invasive, visual inspections which are carried out quickly with minimal to no disruption to your business.

Pedestrian access will be maintained to the extent possible, any interruptions to access will be reviewed with the applicable property owner prior to the disruption. Accommodation for cyclists will be made during construction to assure their safe passage through the construction zones.

Trees are being removed if they are nearing the end of their life cycle and to ensure the long-term health of new shade trees being planted.

The Downtown Road Renewal project is scheduled to be entirely completed by fall 2024.

Construction notices will be distributed in the Spring of 2024 with additional information. Specific timelines for future construction will be provided prior to construction start.

While the City continues to evaluate its services and projects amid the COVID-19 pandemic, road construction is considered an essential service by the Province of Manitoba and at this time is expected to proceed as planned with the following considerations:

• Our contractors are working with their industry and public health officials to determine safe work procedures for construction sites.
• In-person outreach and consultations to help us understand the needs of property owners adjacent to regional road renewals and other non-Capital projects will now be done remotely via phone, regular mail, email or other online channels.
• We are evaluating options for public engagement on larger capital projects and looking at how to continue to stay connected to Winnipeggers and their feedback and input. Updates on specific projects and their timeleines will be provided once information is available.

We are doing our best to reach stakeholders in a timely and efficient manner but also understand that normal is changing every day and people may no longer be reachable where, or how, we once expected.

If you are a stakeholder on an upcoming project and have new or temporary contact information, please reach out to PWDCommunications@winnipeg.ca.

Please reach out to us. Send an email to PWDCommunications@winnipeg.ca and we will have the project team contact you.