City staff completed around 52.3 lane kilometres of roadwork and around 6.4 kilometres of sidewalk work in 2024, according to a report set to be delivered at the Dec. 16 city council meeting.
Prince George budgeted $6.7 million for road rehabilitation in its 2024 capital budget, along with $1.5 million for sidewalk rehabilitation and $420,000 to build new sidewalks.
The report attached to the agenda for the meeting said that this budget allows for about two per cent of the city’s pedestrian network to be renewed. The most recent study of that network showed that around 32 per cent of it is in fair to very poor condition.
Of the roadwork done, 9.79 lane kilometres worth of the work was for thin lift overlays. That’s where 40 to 55 millimetres of new asphalt is laid over existing road with only minor work done to that existing road. This type of repair doesn’t last as long as others.
Thin lift overlays were done on these stretches of road:
- 4.24 km of Foothills Boulevard from the Nechako Bridge to North Nechako Drive,
- 2.1 km of Valleyview Drive from Austin Road to the end of the street,
- 1.31 km of Estavilla Drive from Highway 97 to Knight Crescent,
- 0.81 km of Glendale Drive from Estavilla Drive to Knight Crescent,
- 0.62 km of Alderwood Court from Shady Lane to the end of the street and
- 0.61 km of Shady Lane and Woodhaven Drive from Highway 97 to Brentwood Drive.
Another 15.86 kilometres of the roadwork was done in the form of mill and overlay. That’s where 50 mm of the existing asphalt is milled down and then replaced with new material. This helps remove surface deficiencies.
That work was done at these locations:
- 4.8 km of University Way southbound from Foothills Boulevard to Shane Creek Bridge,
- 2.84 km of Ospika Boulevard from 15th Avenue to Rainbow Drive,
- 1.83 km of Ospika Boulevard northbound from Nicole Avenue to Massey Drive,
- 1.71 km of Ospika Boulevard northbound from Tyler Boulevard to Davis Road
- 1.52 km of Terminal Boulevard from Highway 97 to where the street ends,
- 1.35 km of Westwood Drive from the Highway 97 on/off ramp to Massey Drive,
- 0.97 km of Massey Drive eastbound from Ospika Boulevard to Westwood Drive,
- 0.72 km of St. Lawrence Avenue from Southridge Avenue to St. Andrew Court and
- 0.12 km of Pacific Street and Highway 97 from Pacific Street to Highway 97.
The final and largest portion of work was curb relief milling and overlay, of which 26.60 lane kilometres were done. In that process, 2.2 meters of asphalt adjacent to the curb is milled off of both sides of the road at a depth from zero to 50 mm.
“This method allows for the new asphalt overlay to match the existing curb and gutter elevation, without incurring the cost of a full milling operation,” the report said.
That work was done on these stretches of road:
- 2.45 km of Ferry Avenue from Highway 16 to Clapperton Street,
- 2.29 km of Dakelh Ti from Domano Boulevard to Southridge Avenue,
- 1.55 km of Carney Street from 5th Avenue to First Avenue,
- 1.33 km of Vance Road from Westwood Drive to Highway 16
- 1.26 km of Loyola Drive from Gladstone Drive to Malaspina Avenue,
- 1.23 km of Barnes Drive from Davis Road to Cormack Crescent,
- 1.2 km of Clark Crescent from Boyd Street to another point of Boyd Street,
- 1.08 km of Alward Street from 10th Avenue to 5th Avenue,
- 1.08 km of Westgate Avenue from the Highway 16 frontage road to Chartwell Avenue,
- 0.87 km of Valley Crescent from 5th Avenue to the end of the road,
- 0.83 km of Boyd Street from Tabor Boulevard to First Avenue,
- 0.83 km of Webber Crescent from 22nd Avenue to another point of 22nd Avenue,
- 0.78 km of Urquhart Crescent from 5th Avenue to Fifth Avenue at another point,
- 0.73 km of Lancaster Crescent from Loyola Drive to Lemoyne Drive,
- 0.65 km of Lacoma Street from 5th Avenue to Ness Avenue
- 0.61 km of Ness Avenue from Tabor Boulevard to Lacoma Street
- 0.61 km of Punchaw Crescent from Ness Avenue to Lacoma Street,
- 0.6 km of Otter Crescent from Lacome Street to another point of Lacoma Street,
- 0.59 km of Norwood Street from 17th Avenue to 20th Avenue,
- 0.58 km of St. Dennis Place from St. Patrick Avenue to the end of the road,
- 0.57 km of Merton Crescent from Ness Avenue to another point of Ness Avenue,
- 0.56 km of Quentin Avenue from Tabor Boulevard to Lacome Street,
- 0.56 km of Oak Street from 17th Avenue to 20th Avenue,
- 0.55 km of Santa Fe Road from Milwaukee Way to the end of the street,
- 0.44 km of Cormack Crescent from Barnes Drive to Barnes Drive at another point,
- 0.41 km of Bellos Street from Clark Crescent to Clark Crescent at another point,
- 0.28 km of Nicholson Road South from Massey Drive to the end of the road,
- 0.27 km of Zillmer Street from 5th Avenue to Valley Crescent,
- 0.27 km of Wolverine Street from 5th Avenue to Valley Crescent,
- 0.26 km of Rush Place from Webber Crescent to the end of the road,
- 0.22 km of Leyden Crescent from Lancaster Crescent to Malaspina Avenue,
- 0.19 km of Quesnel Avenue from Ospika Boulevard to the end of the street,
- 0.17 km of Dupre Avenue from Boyd Street to the end of the road,
- 0.13 km of Barnes Drive from Davis Road to Cormack Crescent,
- 0.1 km of Westgate Court from Westgate Avenue to the end of the street,
- 0.1 km of Westgate Place from Westgate Avenue to the end of the road and
- 0.07 km of St. Lawrence Place from St. Lawrence Avenue to the end of the road.
A total of 2,314 meters of concrete sidewalk was rehabilitated in 2024 in these locations:
- 829 meters on First Avenue from Tabor Avenue to Skinner Street,
- 538 meters on Strathcona Avenue from Redwood Street to Highway 16,
- 241 meters on Austin Road West from Crown Drive to 3885 Austin Road West,
- 222 metres on Carney Street from 15th Avenue to Ellison Drive,
- 186 meters of Third Avenue from Queensway to Ontario Street,
- 102 meters of Third Avenue to Toronto Street to Kingston Street,
- 100 meters of Second Avenue from Ottawa Street to Toronto Street and
- 96 meters on Second Avenue from Ontario Street to Scotia Street.
Another 3,244 meters of asphalt sidewalk was rehabilitated in these locations:
- 1,303 meters on Foothills Boulevard from 5th Avenue to Moore’s Meadow,
- 1,168 meters on Domano Boulevard from Malaspina Avenue to Gladstone Drive North and
- 773 meters on Ospika Boulevard from Range Road to Davis Road.
- And finally, 845 meters of new sidewalks were installed in 2024 at these locations:
- 416 meters of Ellison Drive from 20th Avenue to Carney Street,
- 164 meters of Dawson Road from 6398 Dawson Rd. to 6282 Dawson Rd,
- 144 meters of Westmount Drive from 6926 Westmount Dr. to Cathedral Avenue,
- 75 meters of Ospika Boulevard North from 1281 Ospika Blvd. to McGowan Drive,
- 46 meters of Chartwell Avenue from Westgate Avenue to 3404 Chartwell Ave.
Director of civic operations Blake McIntosh said during the meeting there’s been some consideration of installing thermoplastic crosswalks rather than repainting them with latex paint each year, but the cost and labour difference is significant.
Thermoplastic was used for a crosswalk on Massey Drive and McIntosh said it seemed to degrade quickly where there was a lot of wheel traffic, though not as quickly as latex paint.
