Project 19-2215/19-1120
Streets affected: Lakeshore Road from Jack Darling Memorial Park to Elmwood Avenue, Wesley Avenue, Pine Avenue, Front Street North
Construction details
To support growth in South Peel and optimize the sanitary sewer collection system through the Lakeshore corridor, Peel Region is constructing a 2400mm diameter sanitary sewer and 750mm diameter watermain along Lakeshore Road, from Jack Darling Memorial Park to Elmwood Avenue.
Access the project map for overview of project.
- Watermains are underground pipes that bring tap water from our water treatment plants to your neighbourhood. As our population grows, we need to build larger watermains to keep providing high quality water services
- Sanitary sewers are underground pipes that carry wastewater from your home or business to a wastewater treatment plant. Wastewater is created when water goes down the drain or is flushed down the toilet. As our population grows, we need to build larger sewers to keep providing high quality wastewater services.
Project update
The new 2400mm sanitary sewer will be installed underground by a tunnel boring machine. There will be construction compounds along Lakeshore Road at Jack Darling Memorial Park, at Richards Memorial Park, on Pine Avenue, on Wesley Avenue, Front Street North (within the parking lot and Marina Park area), and the city parking lot at Elmwood Avenue. These compounds are required to insert the tunnel boring machine, mine the tunnel, install the sanitary sewer pipe, and to install access maintenance holes along the route at strategic locations for future sanitary sewer connections.
The new 750mm watermain will be installed by both open cut and trenchless methods, with the section of watermain from Shawnmarr Road to Elmwood Avenue N installed in tunnel via a microtunnel boring machine. Compounds will be required where the tunnel boring machine is being inserted underground and pipe installed.
Where the watermain is being installed within an excavation on the roadway, lane closures will be required.
Peel Region is undertaking this work to meet future needs of the community, while providing a reliable wastewater collection system and water supply system. This project will provide the following:
- Increase in water and wastewater system capacity to accommodate future growth in the Port Credit area
- Efficient water distribution and sewage conveyance
- High quality water supply services for end users
- Resiliency within the sewer and water systems
- Opportunity to retire 6 existing sewage pumping stations (SPS); Jack Darling 2 (SPS), Ben Machree (SPS), Indian Road (SPS), Front Street (SPS), Elmwood (SPS), Hiawatha (SPS) thereby reducing long-term operational and maintenance costs to the Region
The design is complete, and a pre-qualified list of contractors will be bidding on the project. We anticipate construction to begin late summer 2025. Construction is anticipated to last to mid-2029.
Lane reductions will be required to complete the project. We will update you with durations as they are known.
Temporary road closures
Road closures at specific locations will be required to complete this project safely. We will update you with durations as they are known well in advance of the proposed impact. Detour routes will be provided.
Park impacts will be required to complete this project. We will update you with additional information as it becomes available, well in advance of the proposed impacts.
- Jack Darling Memorial Park
- Richard’s Memorial Park
- Marina Park (Front Street North)
Refer to these environmental assessments (EA) related to the Lakeshore Project:
There are other Peel projects around the Lakeshore Trunk Sewer and Zone 1 Subtransmission Main Project. They are:
- Project 24-2980 – Jack Darling Park Sewage Pumping Station Upgrades
- Project 24-2115 – Sanitary Sewer Replacement and Improvement on Stavebank Road South, Port Street East, Helene Street North, St. Lawrence Drive, Elmwood Avenue South
For links to all other Region of Peel Projects in the area, refer to our interactive map.
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If you have any questions or concerns on the project
Wastewater Collection and Conveyance & Water Linear Engineering
Engineering Services Division
Public Works, Peel Region
Phone: 905-791-7800 ext. 4409