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

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 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.
Aerial view of two roads surrounded by green trees and scattered houses.
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.
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.
Twin steel pipe culverts
Type: Stormwater & Creeks
Status: Substantially Completed

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.
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.
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.
Aerial view of a long road lined with greenery, leading towards a distant city skyline.
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.
Aerial view of sites one and two, with red boxes outlining areas
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.
Aerial view of a small pond surrounded by greenery and residential buildings.
Type: Stormwater & Creeks
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: September 2026

Annual pond sediment removal is required to ensure stormwater management ponds function properly.