Walton Street Reconstruction

We are planning significant infrastructure improvements on Walton Street to fix aging infrastructure and improve accessibility and design. This page provides information about the project background and time lines as well as the community engagement process as the project progresses.

Background

In 2020, the Municipality of Port Hope engaged CIMA+ to complete the design of infrastructure improvements on Walton Street from Mill Street West to Church Street. The project will address important underground infrastructure improvements to aging watermains and sanitary sewers as well as undersized storm sewers. The need to replace underground infrastructure, while challenging, will create opportunities for roadway reconstruction and streetscape improvements to be integrated into the project.

Ariel view of Walton Street in the Municipality of Port Hope

Project timelines

In August 2021, Council directed staff to continue with the preliminary design and public input received to date for the portion of Walton Street from Church Street to Pine Street in the fall/winter of 2021/2022 with construction to begin in 2022. Council further directed staff to commence additional public and stakeholder engagement prior to moving forward with detailed design for Walton Street from Pine Street to Mill Street. With this Council direction, staff separated the project into two phases:

Phase 1 (Church Street to Pine Street)

Phase 1 of the reconstruction is now complete. The final lift of asphalt is anticipated to be installed in spring of 2023.

Phase 2 (Pine Street to Mill Street)

A Special Meeting of the Works and Engineering Committee was held virtually on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. In the meeting, Members of Council reviewed and considered proposed designs for Phase 2 of the Walton Street Reconstruction project (Pine St. to Mill Street). At the July 5 Council Meeting, Council approved their preferred design.

Public Consultation

A variety of stakeholder and public engagement has taken place with Municipality of Port Hope. See below chart for details:

If you are interested, please visit the links on the right panel for above meeting agendas, minutes and recordings.