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: 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.
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; 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: 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; 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: Stormwater & Creeks
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: September 2026
Annual pond sediment removal is required to ensure stormwater management ponds function properly.
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.
Type: Stormwater & Creeks
Status: Recently Completed
Pilot program to catch litter before it enters city select stormwater drains, to help protect Lake Simcoe.
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.