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: In Progress
Estimated Completion: 2026
Construction includes lane widening, infrastructure replacements, new bike lanes, and a new sidewalk.
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.
Type: Other
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: July 2026
Replacing four existing retaining walls along Sunnidale Road, extending from Wellington to the Highway 400 bridge.
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: Other
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: TBD
On June 28, 2021, City Council adopted a motion that endorsed the conversion of the Barrie Transit fleet to battery electric buses (BEBs).
Type: Facilities
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: September 2026
The City of Barrie and Lakehead University have partnered to invest in Barrie’s future as an educational and innovation hub and a home for technical and research excellence.
Type: Facilities
Status: In Progress
Estimated Completion: Late 2026/early 2027
This project involves a new 600 square metre standalone facility for the Sea Cadets, relocated to the northwest side of the General John Hayter Southshore Community Centre.