Municipal Infrastructure Projects

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.

2026 infrastructure projects map

Illustration of proposed design
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.
Aerial view of Bayview Drive widened to include one northbound lane, one southbound lane and a two-way left turn lane in the centre
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; Stormwater & Creeks
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: Fall 2028

MTO is constructing a new bridge at the crossing of Dunlop Street over Highway 400.
Aerial view of a meandering river surrounded by lush greenery with several vehicles parked nearby on a patch of dirt.
Type: Stormwater & Creeks
Status: Upcoming
Estimated Completion: October 2026

Management and removal of invasive phragmites in select stormwater management ponds and roadside ditches across Barrie.
litter caught in LittaTrap
Type: Stormwater & Creeks
Status: Recently Completed

Pilot program to catch litter before it enters city select storm​water drains, to help protect Lake Simcoe.
Twin steel pipe culverts
Type: Stormwater & Creeks
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: 2026

The replacement of two culverts to increase capacity for Sanford Street and Bradford Street culvert crossings and watercourse improvements from Sanford Street to downstream of Bradford Street.
Aerial view of Maple Avenue freshly paved
Type: Roads; Stormwater & Creeks; Underground Infrastructure
Status: Substantially Completed

To reconstruct all infrastructure and roadways in Barrie's Queens Park Neighbourhood.
Workers in safety vests and hard hats conduct sewer fog testing on a residential street, with a sign stating "SEWER FOG TESTING IN PROGRESS" and orange traffic cones around a utility vehicle.
Type: Stormwater & Creeks; Underground Infrastructure
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: TBD

A comprehensive review and analysis of the City's entire wastewater network to investigate and identify likely sources of inflow and infiltration.
Type: Stormwater & Creeks
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: 2029

Improves conveyance capacity of Whiskey Creek from The Boulevard to Brennan Avenue to reduce frequency of flooding.