Project Value: $18 Million (tendered), $1 Million (engineering fees)

BTE was the prime consultant and completed the EA, Detail Design and CA.

BTE led this Schedule C Municipal Class Environmental Assessment, preliminary design and detail design for a major urban arterial reconstruction project. This assignment delivered an $18 million urban renewal project including: replacement of the Bay Bridge Road CP Rail bridge, realignment and reconstruction of 150 m of Bay Bridge Road (4 lane arterial), realignment and reconstruction of 100 m of Old Bay Bridge Road (2-lane Collector), and reconstruction and widening of 1 km of Dundas Street West (widening to a 5-lane arterial) with the introduction of a widened and relocated intersection of Dundas Street West (former Highway 2) and Bay Bridge Road (former Highway 62). The designs were completed following the TAC – Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads. This project constructed a prominent southern entry to the downtown core of Belleville.

The project included complex elements such as: roadway designs (Dundas Street West widening to a 5-lane cross section and Bay Bridge Road to 4 lanes; Old Bay Bridge Road realignment (2 lanes); major new intersection with dual left-turn lanes; subsurface domestic waste consolidation and isolation of contaminants from release (MECP approvals); environmental monitoring and reporting to MECP; and water quality concerns from Quinte Region Conservation Authority for fill placement and roadway widening; property buyouts (2 houses removed within the new signalized intersection); new watermain; multi-use trail, streetscaping and gateway treatments; and approval by CP rail for a new grade separation agreement and occupation permit for the recreational trail. Mr. Taylor led the negotiations for MECP endorsement of a design approach for a new roadway embankment over a former landfill site (considering excavation and displacement approaches for the new 4-lane alignment over the landfill rather than removal of the waste – saving an estimated $1 million).