What does $105M worth of roadwork look like? Here's where your money goes

When the City ofWinnipeg asked its residents where they would prefer to see their tax dollars go next year, road renewals topped the priority list.

That's no surprise, given thatnearly every public-opinion poll over the past decade has placed infrastructure spending at the top of the list of municipal spending priorities.

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In 2017, the city will spend $105 million on road renewals, a category that also includes some sidewalks, curbs and shoulders but mostly involves actual streets.

Here's how the lion's share of the spending breaks down:

1. Regional street reconstructions and major rehabilitations

There's $38.8million set aside next year to tear upand rebuild 10 heavily used routes:

• Ellice Avenue: $8.6 million to rebuild 12 blocks between Arlington Street and Erin Street.
• Pembina Highway: $7.7 million for the northbound lanes between Dalhousie Drive to De Vos Road, and both sides of the road between Dalhousie and Killarney Avenue.
• Empress Street: $6 million from St. Matthews Avenue to Portage Avenue.
• Salter Street: $3.9 million from Inkster Boulevard to Cathedral Avenue.
• Garry Street: $2.9 millionfrom Assiniboine Avenue north to Portage Avenue and then northwest on Notre Dame Avenue to Princess Street.
• Donald Street: $2.8 million, from Notre Dame Avenue to Portage Avenue.
• McGillivray Boulevard: $2 million to redo the westbound lane between Fennel Street and Waverley Street.
• Taylor Avenue: $2 million between Pembina Highway and Stafford Street.
• Provencher Boulevard: $1.7 million for the eastbound lane Rue Des Meurons to Archibald Street.
• St. James Street: $1 million for the block between Ellice Avenue and Sargent Avenue.

2. "Mill and fill" work

The city will spend $3.8million next year replacing the top layers of six other major streets:

• Pembina Highway: $1.3 million for the southbound lanes from Dalhousie Drive to De Vos Road as well as from Cloutier Drive to Ducharme Avenue.
• Broadway : $800,000 from Sherbrook Street to Portage Avenue.
• Lagimodiere Boulevard: $700,000 for the northbound lanes between Dugald Road and Regent Avenue West.
• McPhillips Street: $500,000 for the southbound lanes between Mountain Avenue and Redwood Avenue and the northbound lanes from Redwood Avenue to College Avenue.
• Princess Street: $300,000 for the southbound lanes from William Avenue to Donald Street.
• Ness Avenue: $200,000 for the eastbound lanes Moray Avenue to Braintree Road.

3. Local street renewals

The city will spend $48.3 million next year rebuilding local streets. The public works department decides which ones to fix after consulting with councillors for each ward.

4. Gravel roads

There's $3 million set aside next year for so-called granular roadways, including the southern stretchof Waverley Street and Loudoun Road.