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; Stormwater & Creeks; Underground Infrastructure
Status: Recently Completed
Completed in July 2026. Construction included lane widening, infrastructure replacements, new bike lanes, and a new sidewalk.
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: Roads; Underground Infrastructure
Status: Substantially Completed
Reconstructed Eugenia Street (Berczy to Duckworth), Albert Street (Eugenia to Codrington) & Dundonald Street (Eugenia to Codrington), as well as the infrastructure in Barrie's Wellington D1 neighbourhood.
Type: Stormwater & Creeks
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: 2026
Sites include Kidds Creek at Donald Street and Mapleview Drive East near the Bayview Drive DOLRA.
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: Roads; Stormwater & Creeks; Underground Infrastructure
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: Spring 2028
Reconstructing and widening of Yonge Street (Mapleview to Lockhart) to five lanes, a cycle-track and a sidewalk.
Type: Roads
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: September 2026
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: Roads; Underground Infrastructure
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: Fall 2026
The annual program includes installing new watermains and lining existing watermains.
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.
Type: Roads; Underground Infrastructure
Status: Substantially Completed
Estimated Completion: July 2026
Replacement of the pressure reducing valve (PRV) chamber located in the intersection of Welham Road and Saunders Road.