More roads will be getting work done this year.
At this week's Timmins council meeting, $1 million was added to the 2021 paving program. The total contract for Miller Paving Ltd. is now $2.19 million.
"This brings it in line to our yearly budget. We had reduced the paving budget in order to compensate for the Connecting Link project," said Pat Seguin, engineering and public works director.
Connecting Link work is underway on a stretch of Algonquin Boulevard between Theriault and the Mattagami Bridge.
For the work, the city is receiving $3 million from the province, which is the maximum available through the program. Seguin said the city is also receiving $2.5 million in federal gas tax funding.
The increase means an additional three kilometres of roads will be added to the grind and pave schedule. The work is slated to be done between mid-June and Sept. 30.
The roads added to the schedule are:
- Moneta from Vipond to Spruce
- Algonquin Boulevard East from Cedar to Spruce
- Brunette southbound
- Ross from Toke westbound
- Sixth Avenue from Mountjoy eastbound
- Algonquin Boulevard East from Highway 655 westbound
- Mountjoy from Middleton to Kent
- Kimberley from Pine to Spruce
- Pine from Ross to Brousseau
- Wilson from Rea to Preston
- King Street from Seguin to Gervais
- Third Avenue from Elm to Maple
- Rea from Powerline to Vimy
- Shirley from Richard to St. Jean
In April, council approved four kilometres of grind and pave work, as well as seven kilometres of rural road surface treatment.
The roads approved for work at that time are:
- Highway 101 East westbound from McIntyre Road to Father Costello
- King Street eastbound from Bristol to the bridge
- King Street westbound from Bellemare to bridge
- King Street westbound from Gervais to 2019 patch
- Highway 101 westbound from Lawrence to the Porcupine Mall
- Highway 101 eastbound from Porcupine Mall to Pumping Station 4
- Riverside Drive eastbound from Home Depot
- Riverside Drive eastbound at Emerald
- Riverside Drive eastbound at the mall
- Algonquin eastbound from Shell to Highway 655
- Pine from Kirby to Dale
- Pine from Sterling to 300 metres south
- Kimberly from Birch to Pine
- Mountjoy from Kent to Leblanc
- MacLean Drive centre lanes from Brousseau to Victoria
