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
The annual Pavement Management Program includes resurfacing roads, which mainly involves the repair of defects, such as cracks, and rutting found in the top layers of the road.
Type: Facilities
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: TBD
A new mixed-use facility consisting of administrative, operational, maintenance, and related spaces to support growth and demand to treat wastewater.
Type: Facilities
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: September 2026
The City of Barrie and Lakehead University have partnered to invest in Barrie’s future as an educational and innovation hub and a home for technical and research excellence.
Type: Roads; Underground Infrastructure
Status: Upcoming
Estimated Completion: Fall 2026
The annual program includes installing new watermains and lining existing watermains.
Type: Roads; Stormwater & Creeks; Underground Infrastructure
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: Spring 2028
As a key transportation corridor, Mapleview Drive East will undergo several transportation improvements to accommodate the growth of Barrie to 2031.
Type: Roads; Underground Infrastructure
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: Spring 2028
The City's Active Transportation Master Plan identified McKay Road East as a key transportation corridor and recommended several transportation improvements to accommodate the growth of Barrie to 2031.
Type: Roads; Underground Infrastructure
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: Spring 2028
Transportation improvements on Huronia Road between Lockhart Road and the south city limit.
Type: Roads; Stormwater & Creeks; Underground Infrastructure
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: 2026
Construction includes lane widening, infrastructure replacements, new bike lanes, and a new sidewalk.
Type: Roads; Stormwater & Creeks; Underground Infrastructure
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: Spring 2028
Includes design for the reconstruction and widening of Yonge Street to 5 lanes, a cycle-track and a sidewalk, between Mapleview and Lockhart.
Type: Facilities
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: Fall 2029
The vision for a theatre/performing arts centre within the downtown has been longstanding. The City’s 2006 Cultural Master Plan recommended the downtown as a logical, creative and natural home for the arts.