A serious highway reconstruction venture is on the horizon for a portion of Michigan Avenue in Sarnia.
In 2025, important upgrades are deliberate for the county highway between Colborne Highway and Indian Highway, together with the continuation of motorbike lanes.
Different work will embody the alternative of forcemain and watermain, and an total widening of the highway.
Sarnia GM of Engineering and Operations David Jackson mentioned the objective is to interchange infrastructure at the moment in a poor state of restore, enhance site visitors security, prolong the lively transportation community, and tackle the highway situation.
Jackson mentioned whereas the County of Lambton is liable for prices of highway development, it is as much as town to fund underground infrastructure.
“It is smart for us to do our underground infrastructure on the similar time in order that they are not repaving the highway every now and then ten years later we have now to return and rip it up,” mentioned Jackson. “We’ve a very good partnership right here.”
Jackson mentioned the brand new bike lanes aren’t only for lively transportation.
“An enormous a part of it’s simply these 4 lane roads and left turns,” he mentioned. “I do know on the Indian Highway and Michigan Avenue intersection, that is an actual problem. Creating these three lane cross sections with a left flip lane within the center actually improves site visitors security as properly. That is a serious motive why we wish to advance with this venture.”
Jackson believes the province would help these bike lanes ought to there be a evaluate sooner or later.
Ontario Invoice 212, which handed within the legislature in late November, requires cities to get provincial approval in the event that they wish to set up new bicycle lanes that require the elimination of an current lane of site visitors.
“While you’re speaking about Toronto it’s totally completely different than Sarnia, simply the quantity of site visitors and the influence it has,” mentioned Jackson. “Whereas we have not seen the standards but, we have now accomplished our site visitors evaluate right here to take a look at the quantity of site visitors and the impacts of fixing the lanes. Primarily based on that information, and simply our expertise on the Colborne Highway piece, we imagine these tasks would meet any standards the province has to obtain help.”
Residents are invited to be taught extra concerning the venture at an info session on Wednesday, December 11.
The drop-in fashion assembly will likely be held within the cafeteria at Northern Collegiate Institute and Vocational College, positioned at 940 Michigan Avenue, from 5:30 p.m. till 7 p.m.
This can present the chance to evaluate design plans which will likely be on show, talk about with members of the venture crew and supply enter or suggestions on the design.
