Construction Update #2: December 5, 2024
December 5, 2024 - Construction Update #2
The Town of Newmarket is working hard to improve your infrastructure. The status of this work is as follows:
Construction Progress:
- Watermain works successfully completed; no temporary waterman required next year
- Temporary watermain removed; all water services reinstated to newly lined watermain
- Elm Street reconstruction completed up to base asphalt
During the winter:
The contractor is scheduled to leave site by the end of the week of this week after which the Town will take over winter maintenance, pending a site review to confirm satisfactory restoration. Temporary restoration and cleanup efforts are underway, with asphalt disturbances being addressed using temporary asphalt for the winter season. All equipment and material stockpiles will be removed, except for fencing, which will remain in place where it does not interfere with snow clearing or pose a hazard to sidewalks.
NT Power will complete pole relocation during the winter.
Construction next year:
- Contractor will return in spring (April/May), weather dependent
- Notice to be provided closer to mobilization once schedule is confirmed
- Millard Avenue and Church Street will be closed within project limits, open to local traffic only
- Access for residents within construction zone to be maintained
- New sanitary sewer and services to be installed via open cut on Millard Avenue and Church Street
- Millard Avenue and Church Street to fully reconstructed, including
- New concrete curbs and gutters
- New Sidewalks
- New asphalt roadway
