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Will your street get resurfaced this year? Here's the city's 2021 pothole plan

In 2021, Sault Ste. Marie will spend $2.77 million on miscellaneous paving and resurfacing
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The Civic Centre is pictured in this aerial photo. Zack Trunzo/Village Media

McNabb Street, North Street and White Oak Drive are among the local roads chosen by City Council last week for the 2021 miscellaneous paving/road resurfacing program.

"The purpose of the miscellaneous construction budget is to meet the demands of many small capital infrastructure construction projects," says Don Elliott, the city's director of engineering.

"Over the years, the need to resurface roads has continued to grow and the rising cost of construction have eroded the effectiveness of the program. For many years there has been no increase to the budget."

"Several arterial and collector roads are in need of new surfaces, thereby requiring an allocation from the capital transportation program to add funds to the resurfacing program," Elliott says.

The following, as approved by City Council last Monday, is 2021 resurfacing program:

Class A: asphalt road with curbs and storm sewers

  • McNabb Street – Willow to Pine
  • White Oak Drive – Sackville to North
  • North Street – St George’s, north to hill

Class B: asphalt road with roadside ditches

  • Wilson Street – Strand to Northern

Class C: surface-treated roads

  • Rowell – Asquith to East Balfour
  • East Balfour – Borden to Whitney
  • Landslide Road – Civic 943 to Connor
  • Gibb Street – Chambers to Murray

Miscellaneous Construction

  • Albert Street Improvements: a miscellaneous paving project will be included on Albert Street between Andrew and Gore. Recommendations at the October 26, 2020 council meeting included that eastbound lanes between Andrew and Gore streets would be reduced to one lane, which is a continuation of the improvements implemented at the Andrew/Gore intersection
  • Foxborough Trail: the city has received a sufficient petition for traffic calming on Foxborough Trail between Third Line East and Windsor Trail. Further, the other criteria in the City’s traffic calming policy with respect to speed and traffic volume are met, therefore the Engineering Division recommends that two speed tables be constructed at equally spaced locations on Foxborough Trail
  • finally, a quantity of crack sealing and full lane road patches will be included if budget permits

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