2021-2023 Dunkirk/Jubilee/Pembina Pavement Renewals Project

This project is a renewal project, which means the roads will be rehabilitated and reconstructed to increase their lifespan and improve their condition. Work will include installing a new road surface, as well as cycling and sidewalk infrastructure. The designs include operational and geometric improvements, and upgrades to meet pedestrian accessibility standards.

• Dunkirk Drive (Fermor Avenue to St. Mary's Road)
• Jubilee Avenue (Osborne Street to Pembina Highway)
• Pembina Highway (McGillivray Boulevard to Chevrier Boulevard)

Dunkirk Drive and Pembina Highway will be rehabilitated with extensive concrete repairs and a new asphalt surface. Sidewalks in poor condition will be replaced and buffered bike lanes will be added to Pembina Highway. Jubilee Avenue will be completely reconstructed with new concrete pavement, curbs, and sidewalks.

• May – October 2021: Dunkirk Drive
• April – October 2022: Southbound Pembina Highway and Jubilee Avenue from Cockburn Street South to Osborne Street
• April – October 2023: Northbound Pembina Highway and Jubilee Avenue from Pembina Highway to Cockburn Street South

Pedestrian facilities will be designed according to the latest accessibility standards and will also focus on serving individuals with visual impairments. New design features include yellow detectable warning tiles, accessibility indicator banding to assist in visually delineating the intended walking path, realigned pedestrian crossings, and improved sightlines to assist drivers in navigating through pedestrian crossings.

On-street buffered bike lanes will be added to both northbound and southbound Pembina Highway between McGillivray Boulevard and Chevrier Boulevard. These will form a natural extension of the existing bike lanes south of Chevrier Boulevard. Additionally, the existing bike facility on the east side of Dunkirk Drive will be improved as part of this project.

We will meet individually with major stakeholders through the planning and design phase of the project to provide information on location-specific impacts, and to determine specific needs during staging. Major stakeholders include local businesses, schools, places of worship, and community centres on or adjacent to the project streets.

We are attempting to mitigate major concerns, and will work with stakeholders to minimize construction impacts. Some impacts are inevitable and include:

• Parking removal and restrictions
• Reduced access from intersecting local streets and alleys
• Bus stop relocations or temporary stop cancellations, and bus route detours

If you feel you may be affected by the construction phase (but have not yet heard from us), please reach out directly to Lucas Stoffel at lstoffel@dillon.ca.

As with any road construction project, there will be traffic implications. We are working on the development of traffic management and construction staging plans that minimize the impact to all road users while ensuring construction can be completed quickly and efficiently. We will be initiating proactive public communications once staging is complete to ensure the public is aware of staging, rerouting, lane closures, parking restrictions/removal, and project progress.

Transit services will be maintained throughout construction using various means such as stop relocations, temporary stop closures, and detours. All disruptions will be marked in advance of taking effect.

We encourage those who feel they may be affected but have not yet heard from us to reach out directly to Lucas Stoffel at lstoffel@dillon.ca.

While the City continues to evaluate its services and projects amid the COVID-19 pandemic, road construction is considered an essential service by the Province of Manitoba and at this time is expected to proceed as planned with the following considerations:

• Our contractors are working with their industry and public health officials to determine safe work procedures for construction sites.
• In-person outreach and consultations to help us understand the needs of property owners adjacent to regional road renewals and other non-Capital projects will now be done remotely via phone, regular mail, email or other online channels.
• We are evaluating options for public engagement on larger capital projects and looking at how to continue to stay connected to Winnipeggers and their feedback and input. Updates on specific projects and their timelines will be provided once information is available.

We are doing our best to reach stakeholders in a timely and efficient manner but also understand that normal is changing every day and people may no longer be reachable where, or how, we once expected.

If you are a stakeholder on an upcoming project and have new or temporary contact information, please reach out to PWDCommunications@winnipeg.ca.

Please reach out to us. Send an email to PWDCommunications@winnipeg.ca and we will have the project team contact you.

A detour will be provided through a portion of the project area, with signage indicating the route.

We have designed the project to minimize the removal of trees. The project is not widening the road, and in fact is using innovative materials to reduce the road structure depth and width to protect roots. Some trees will be removed due to pre-existing disease or natural death. Approximately seven mid-size trees will be removed from the south boulevard between Pembina Highway and the Jubilee Overpass ramp to extend the existing active transportation path west to Pembina. The remainder of the trees along Jubilee Avenue all the way to Osborne Street are being protected during construction and saved.

Yes. We will make every effort to maintain access to Riverdale Street, although there will be limited periods of time where access is restricted to facilitate construction in the immediate vicinity.

The 2021 work is a separate watermain renewal by the Water and Waste Department. This work was co-ordinated to occur before the roadworks in 2022 and 2023.

The traffic lanes on Jubilee Avenue are very narrow. Since we do not want to widen the road to disturb the mature trees, there is limited room to reconstruct the pavement, provide room for construction equipment, and provide safe passage for the public all at the same time. During this stage only, only one eastbound lane will be available. Signage will be placed in advance of the westbound lane closure to warn drivers. After this stage, one lane of traffic will be available in both directions.

For most of construction, there will be one lane in each direction available on Jubilee, similar to the 2021 watermain renewal project. That project did not result in noticeable shortcutting, so this is not expected to be an issue. However, in this project, the first stage has only one eastbound lane of traffic available. For this stage, we are developing advance warning signage for westbound commuters to find alternate routes, and are planning temporary traffic calming devices on neighbouring streets to deter shortcutting.

Cyclists may choose to ride on-street on Jubilee Avenue with traffic. Alternatively, Rosedale Avenue runs parallel to Jubilee one block north and has much lower traffic volumes.

The bike lanes will look similar to the existing bike lanes on Pembina Highway south of Chevrier Boulevard. There will still be six traffic lanes. This is accomplished by narrowing the median between the northbound and southbound lanes and shifting the traffic lanes towards the centre of the road.