Project Value and Duration: EA Fees: $1 M, Duration: 2014-2021

BTE has delivered services to the Town and County for several contracts for the widening and future extension of McNeely Avenue. The initial 4-laning of McNeely from Lake Avenue to north of Highway 7 was constructed in 2007 and the next phases will extend McNeely Avenue and bypass Highway 7 through growth areas to the south of Highway 7 by constructing a new arterial connection to Highway 15 (to be named Captain Roy Brown Boulevard). The extensions involve 3 contracts. The values of the 4 contracts are: 2007 $2 million, 2015 $ 2 million, 2017 $8 million and future industrial park $3 million.

The contracts included: Municipal Class EA and addenda; Preliminary and Detail Design of both rural and urban designs of 2 and 4 lane roadways; 2-lane industrial park roadway; MTO Highway 15 signalized intersection; three creek crossings; three McNeely Avenue signalized intersections; and three separate 2-lane roundabouts including project phasing of works, traffic staging, utility relocations, supporting cost sharing agreements, drainage, municipal services and roundabout design.

The project included: four traffic signals; preliminary and detail design included traffic staging, major hydro utility relocations, and cost sharing; agreements with adjacent developers; a Technical Advisory Committee; Council presentations (Town and County); Open Houses including Pre Open House events for Council briefings; individual property owner meetings; requirements of the Municipal Class EA and MTO Provincial Class EA; pavement design; roundabout design; stormwater quality management plan and water crossing of Lavallee Creek tributary; pedestrian recreational trail and pedestrian bridge over Lavallee Creek; and illumination and signal interconnection.