Delivering big improvements to Woodroffe

The City of Ottawa has identified the need to replace the sanitary sewer and watermain along Woodroffe Avenue, between Baseline Road and Highway 417. Included with this work is the replacement of the sanitary sewer and watermain for Iris Street, between Woodroffe Avenue and Checkers Road. Also a new watermain is to be installed for Iris Street, between Field Street and Whitmore Avenue. This work in being undertaken because the condition of the existing sanitary sewer system, which consists of a bituminous fibre pipe (originally installed in 1957), is in very poor condition, numerous service laterals are leaking and the existing pipe size does not meet current City Guidelines requirements. The section of watermain along Iris Street between Field Street and Whitmore Avenue is required for water system looping purposes and to provide long term proper water flow to the existing area east of Woodroffe Avenue.

Construction is scheduled to begin in May/June 2012. All underground work and base course asphalt paving is expected to be completed in the Fall of 2012. Final asphalt paving will be completed Spring 2013.

Specifically, the work required includes:

• Sanitary sewer and watermain replacement along Woodroffe Avenue from approximately 150 metres north of Baseline Road to Highway 417;
• Replacement of curbs and sidewalks on both sides of Woodroffe Avenue;
• Full depth road reconstruction of the north-bound lanes and removal of existing asphalt and repaving of the south-bound lanes on Woodroffe Avenue;
• Sanitary sewer and watermain replacement on Iris Street between Checkers Road and Woodroffe Avenue;
• Replacement of curbs on both sides of Iris Street between Checkers Road and Woodroffe Avenue;
• Full depth road reconstruction on Iris Street between Checkers Road and Woodroffe Avenue;
• Installation of new watermain on Iris Street between Field Street and Whitmore Avenue with trench reinstatement only.

During construction, the northbound (east side) lanes will need to be closed to accommodate the sanitary sewer, watermain and road reconstruction work. Two northbound only lanes, on Woodroffe Avenue, will be maintained during construction. Iris Street will need to be closed for approximately six to eight weeks to allow full road reconstruction between Woodroffe Avenue and Checkers Road.

Please note an open house for the project to review the project plans and traffic management strategy was held on Monday, 16 April 2012 from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. at 101 Centrepointe Drive, Main Floor ‘Chamber’ Meeting Room. Information display boards shown at the open house will be available for viewing in the near future on the City’s website located at: http://www.ottawa.ca/en/city_hall/planningprojectsreports/construction/projects/woodroffewater/index.htm

The following figure depicts the general limits of construction for the project.

For more information: http://www.ottawa.ca/en/city_hall/planningprojectsreports/construction/projects/woodroffewater/oh1/index.htm