The work of the City's Corporate Asset Management, Development Services, and Infrastructure departments each impact various design and construction projects across Barrie. Corporate Facilities' planning and development staff oversee facility projects that support select City services.
Construction projects may require road closures.
Generally speaking, infrastructure projects are informed by a master plan or planning process, and project cycles may include environmental assessment studies, detailed design, then construction. Projects are ordered below as per the latest update.
Type: Roads
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: 2025
The annual Pavement Management Program uses different treatments to extend a road's service life by resurfacing or replacing the road.
Type: Facilities
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: Fall 2025
Building transit hubs to host transit services and connections through a more integrated public transit system.
Type: Parks & Forestry
Status: Upcoming
Pavement and curb updates in the park.
Type: Roads
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: September 2025
A holding strategy is a reactive approach to pavement management, generally applicable to roads proposed for construction in future years of the Capital Plan.
Type: Sewers & Watermains
Status: Recently Completed
Completed in September 2025. Annual asset management activities focusing on the structural lining for sanitary sewer mains.
Type: Roads; Stormwater & Creeks
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: Fall 2028
MTO is constructing a new bridge at the crossing of Dunlop Street over Highway 400.
Type: Sewers & Watermains; Stormwater & Creeks
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: TBD
The City of Barrie is undertaking a comprehensive review and analysis of its entire wastewater network to investigate and identify likely sources of inflow and infiltration.
Type: Roads; Sewers & Watermains
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: 2026
Replacement of the pressure reducing valve (PRV) chamber located in the intersection of Welham Road and Saunders Road.
Type: Parks & Forestry
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: 2026
New access points to the trail & the Kempenfelt shoreline, prioritize the naturalized state of the trail, and improve drainage.
Type: Roads; Sewers & Watermains
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: TBD
A 600mm watermain along Ferndale Drive has been out of service since 2017 due to operational issues. This project will repair leaks and return the watermain to service.