Winnipeggers can expect another very busy construction season in 2018. 

That's according to Mayor Brian Bowman, who announced today the city will be spending more money on road renewal than every before by investing $116 million. 

"Residents across Winnipeg continue to tell us one of their top priorities is to fix the roads," Bowman said in a release. "This is the highest annual level of investment in road renewal, and this level of investment reflects how much of a priority this is for residents across our city." 

The preliminary capital budget proposed an investment of $55.7 million through the Enhanced and Regular Regional Street Renewal Programs, and an investment of $60.29 million through the Enhanced and Regular Local Streets Renewal Program. 

That funding will target a number of key priority areas for the city, including:

  • Empress Street/Empress Street E/Westway/Eastway – St. Matthews to Portage
  • Pembina Highway, northbound – Ducharme to Cloutier
  • McPhillips Street, north and southbound – Logan to Jarvis
  • Garry/Notre Dame Avenue – Notre Dame to Assiniboine/Portage to Princess
  • Portage Avenue & Main Street
  • St. James Street – Sargent to Ellice
  • McGregor Avenue – Selkirk to Mountain
  • Roblin Boulevard, east bound – Assiniboine Park Drive to Shaftesbury
  • Fermor Avenue – St. Anne’s to Archibald

In July, Council passed a recommendation to request up to $182 million in federal funding through the New Building Canada Fund. Bowman says he'll have discussions with both the provincial and federal infrastructure ministers in the coming weeks to talk about additional funding. He'll be meeting with federal Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi next week in Ottawa. 

"This will be something I will be raising with them," Bowman said. "The dialogue we've been having so far at both levels has been very positive and we'll continue those discussions." 

If the federal funding comes through, the city will work on renewing a number of additional streets over a six year period, including: 

  • Portage Avenue, east bound – Woodlawn to Garden
  • Portage Avenue, east and westbound – Main to Memorial
  • Pembina Highway, north and southbound – Ducharme to Des Trappistes
  • Kind Edward Street, north and southbound – Hyde to Logan
  • Grant Avenue, east and westbound – Cambridge to Wilton
  • Selkirk Avenue, east and westbound – Arlington to Sinclair
  • Salter Street, east and westbound – Flora to Mountain
  • University Crescent, north and southbound – Pembina to Chancellor Matheson
  • Broadway Street, east and westbound – Osborne to Main
  • Keewatin Street, north bound – Inkster to Adsum
  • Pandora Street, east and westbound – Wayoata to Day
  • Roblin Boulevard, east and westbound – Dieppe to Barker
  • Dunkirk Street, north and southbound – St. Vital Bridge to St. Vital Road
  • Archibald Street, north and southbound – Elizabeth to Fermor
  • Regent Avenue, east and westbound – Rougeau to Plessis
  • Corydon Avenue, east and westbound – Wilton to Cambridge
  • Sturgeon Avenue, north and southbound – Ness to Portage
  • Lagimodiere Boulevard, north and southbound – Knowles to Springfield
  • Erin Street, southbound – Notre Dame to Wellington
  • Sargent Avenue, southbound – Arlington to Erin