Road Closures and Construction

The Town of St. Marys is scheduled to reconstruct four blocks of Elgin St. E beginning Monday, June 30, 2025, from Wellington St. S to James St. S with ASG Excavating Inc. from Strathroy.

Project Scope

Underground Infrastructure

Underground work will include:

• installing a new storm sewer from Church St. S to Wellington St. S
• replacing water service from the water main to property lines
• making isolated repairs to the sanitary sewer

Above Ground Infrastructure

The project will involve:

• replacing concrete curbs
• replacing the road base
• replacing asphalt
• replacing sidewalks that have deteriorated

Update (August 15, 2025)

The majority of underground work is now complete. Remaining work includes installation of new water valves, subdrain, granular road base and restoration.

What to expect the week of August 18:

• Monday, August 18
• Two water valves to be replaced at Peel Street and Jones. Notices will be delivered to those affected by the water outage
• Granular road base and subdrains between King and James St. - Driveways will likely be inaccessible during the day. Plan to remove cars from driveways Monday morning if you will need to use the vehicle that day.
  
  
• Tuesday, August 19 
• Granular road base work throughout and prep work for Wednesday dig.
  
  
• Wednesday, August 20
• 3 water valves at Elgin and King to be replaced. Notices will be delivered to those affected by the water outage.
  
  
• Thursday, August 21 & Friday, August 22 
• Misc. cleanup and gravel work prep for concrete.

Week of August 25:

• Concrete curb and gutter to be installed. Stringline will be set up to guide the curb machine. Intermittent access interruptions to driveway. Once curb is poured, there will be a 7-day curing period before vehicles can drive over. 
• Expect prep work for sidewalks 

Early-mid September: 

• Concrete sidewalks poured, base asphalt paved and turf restoration. Concrete sidewalks will also require 7-day curing period before driving over. 

The Town has awarded the construction work to ASG Excavating Inc. from Strathroy. ASG has provided a schedule and plans to begin work on Monday, June 30. The project is expected to be completed in early September. (approximately 10 weeks)

Below is an anticipated sequence of events:

June 2025

• Mobilize to site, material delivery, start asphalt & concrete removals

July 2025

• Finish asphalt and concrete removals
• Storm sewer installation (Church St. to Wellington St.)
• Sanitary sewer repairs
• Start watermain repairs (Church St. to Peel St.)

August 2025

• Finish watermain repairs (Church St. to Peel St.)
• Concrete curb and sidewalk
• Paving of road and driveways
• Start turf restoration

September 2025

• Finish turf restoration & miscellaneous cleanup

2026

• Deficiency repairs and topcoat asphalt

For more information call 519-284-2340 ext. 397. 

Contractor: COPE Construction & Contracting Inc.

Cost: $1.9 million

Map of construction area

The Town has assessed the Egan Ave. reconstruction project against the current provincial legislation and determined that the project will proceed at this time.

The contractor has a policy for employees and subcontractors working during the pandemic and have enhanced measures in place following healthcare guidelines to reduce the risk of potential transmission of COVID-19 at the project site. Measures include but are not limited to:

• Physical distancing
• Personal protective equipment
• Hand washing stations on site

The Town will be reviewing the project regularly with the contractor to ensure the safety measures are adhered to.

While interacting with workers, please maintain a 2m (6 ft.) distance.

• Watermain replacement
• Storm sewer replacement
• Sanitary sewer extension
• Sidewalk replacements and improvements
• Curb and gutter installation
• Asphalt road replacement
• Peel Street and Egan Ave. intersection improvement