Budget - Engineering and Capital Works

The Engineering and Capital Works Division includes two sections: Engineering and Construction, and Traffic and Parking. The Division ensures the effective management and enhancement of the City’s critical infrastructure by coordinating and managing the maintenance, rehabilitation and development of the City’s infrastructure consisting of roads, bridges, sidewalks, multi-use trails, streetlights, traffic signals, sewers, stormwater management systems, and parking facilities; as well as performing inspection, review and contract administration for development construction activities and capital construction programs.

The Engineering and Construction section provides in-house engineering design and management consulting of engineers for detailed design and construction of the City’s engineering-related capital projects. The Traffic and Parking section is responsible for the operation of on- and off-street municipal parking, parking garages, operation and maintenance of traffic signals, signs and pavement markings and adult crossing guards.

Highlights

Engineering and Construction

The 2026 budget includes increased expenditures for Engineering and Construction due to approved wage and benefits increases and increased utility costs.

Traffic and Parking

The 2026 budget for Traffic and Parking includes increased expenses for approved wage and benefit increases, and increased costs for traffic signs.

Recommendations

That any 2026 Engineering Overhead surplus be transferred to the Engineering Design and Inspection Reserve, subject to the overall year end position and that if actual Engineering costs exceed the 2026 Budget, funds may be drawn from the Engineering Design and Inspection Reserve.

That any unused Traffic Signal Maintenance Budget at the end of 2026 be transferred to the Traffic Signal Reserve, subject to the overall year-end position and that, if the actual Traffic Signal Maintenance costs exceed the 2026 Budget, funds may be drawn from the Traffic Signal Reserve.

Capital Budget Projects

Capital budget projects in the 2026 Draft Budget include:

• Charlotte Street - Water Street to Park Street
• Sherbrooke Street - Glenforest Boulevard to West City Limit
• Chemong Road - Parkhill Road to Sunset Boulevard
• Lansdowne Street West - Spillsbury Drive to Clonsilla Avenue
• Lily Lake Area Development Network improvement
• Towerhill Road and Fairbairn Street Intersection
• Various intersection improvements

Road maintenance

• Road Surface Repair program: The road surface conditions in the area of Reid Street, Park Street South, Park Street North and Rubidge Street are deteriorating, and it is recommended these streets be addressed before they fall into an unmanageable state of repair.
• Pavement Preservation Program
• Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation
• Storm Sewer Rehabilitation Program
• Street Light Infrastructure Program

Bridges

• Television Road Bridge over South Meade Creek
• Rotary Trail/Faryon Bridge Project
• Nassau Mills bridges over Trent Severn Waterway and Otonabee River
• Ontario Structure Inspection Manual Bridge Inspection Program

Active Transportation projects

• Crawford Trail Extension Project
• City-wide Trail Rehabilitation
• Sidewalk Installations

Sanitary Sewers and Storm Sewers

• Roger Neilson Way Storm Sewer Rehabilitation
• Hydro One Regional Operations Centre Facility Servicing

Traffic and Transportation

• Traffic Safety Program Implementation
• Pedestrian Crossing Program Collector Roads
• Smart Signal Implementation
• Traffic Signal Infrastructure
• Intersection Pedestrian Safety Enhancements
• Traffic Signal Uninterrupted Power Supply Equipment
• New Traffic Control and Street Name Signs