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; 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
The City's Active Transportation Plan identified Huronia Road as a key transportation corridor and recommended several transportation improvements to accommodate the growth of Barrie to 2031. This project focuses 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: 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: 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.
Type: Roads; Underground Infrastructure
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: June 2026
Replacement of the pressure reducing valve (PRV) chamber located in the intersection of Welham Road and Saunders Road.
Type: Underground Infrastructure
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: Fall 2027
This project involves lining 1,400 metres of an existing 500 mm diameter concrete pressure pipe watermain on Huronia Road between Big Bay Point Road and Little Avenue due to deterioration.