$45M spent on road construction projects in 2024 in Mississauga: city

Major work on a new bridge in the city and upgrades to an older bridge were among $45 million in road construction projects undertaken in 2024 by the City of Mississauga, officials say.

With the city’s annual road construction season winding down, officials said the money spent this year went to expanding, repairing and improving roadways, sidewalks, bridges and trails across Canada’s seventh-largest city. Work also includes upgrades to creeks, sewers and water mains.

Road construction season in the city runs from April to December each year (the city spent $50 million in 2023) and most recently included continued work on projects targeted to improve the Burnhamthorpe Road West bridges, which span the Credit River, and build the new Goreway Drive bridge/overpass in Malton in Mississauga’s northeast corner near Pearson Airport.

“Substantial work was completed on the Burnhamthorpe Road bridges over the Credit River,” city officials said in an online update this week. “In 2025, waterproofing and paving will take place on the south bridge and median restoration work will also take place.

“Progress was also made on the Goreway Drive Separation (bridge) project,” officials continued, adding that project is expected to be completed in summer 2025.

Mississauga officials have said that while construction may cause temporary inconvenience to residents and motorists, “it plays an essential role in any city’s growth and development. Ongoing construction and maintenance of our infrastructure enables goods, services and people to move safely and efficiently around our city.”

The city, along with the Region of Peel, the Ministry of Transportation and Alectra utility, work together to organize and complete construction projects each year in Mississauga.

• resurfacing of 1.25 km of multi-use trail
• constructed 150 metres of noise walls along Dundas Street
• intersection improvements at Derry Road/Mavis Road and Cawthra Road/Arbor Road
• resurfacing of the Mississauga Transitway from Rathburn Road West to Fieldgate Drive
• constructed retaining walls along Dundas Street, Meadow Wood Road and Brookhurst Drive

Officials noted construction season in Mississauga also includes repair and maintenance to stormwater infrastructure including stormwater management facilities.

“This year, the McKenzie Park Stormwater Management Facility was completed and will help reduce the risk of flooding in the neighbourhood, protecting residents and property from intense rainfall,” officials said.

The main part of the Goreway bridge project began in September 2023 when the busy Goreway Drive CN Rail crossing was shut down to traffic to allow for construction.

When the new overpass is completed in 2025, it will “significantly help to ease traffic congestion along Goreway Drive and traffic flow overall northbound and southbound between Mississauga and Brampton,” officials said earlier.

The project “represents a major investment in transportation infrastructure and is a joint-partner project between the cities of Mississauga and Brampton, and CN Rail,” Mississauga officials said at the outset of construction.

Overpass will ease traffic congestion that has plagued area for decades

The Malton community has been waiting three decades for the bridge to be built. It’s expected to greatly reduce traffic congestion that has plagued the Malton area of Mississauga for decades.

Goreway Drive functions as a major collector roadway in Mississauga that “provides north-south connectivity for commuter, commercial and emergency services vehicles between (Mississauga and Brampton),” project officials said earlier.

Cost of the bridge is upwards of $40 million and will be split among the three partners.

The project has stalled over the years for myriad reasons, chief among them some initial mystery as to who owned the land in question.

Map shows location of the Goreway Drive Overpass, to be completed in 2025.