Construction of the Former Welland Canal Crossing

The City of Welland proposes to re-establish a Bridge crossing of the Old Welland Canal along the Forks Road alignment within the City of Welland, Regional Municipality of Niagara. A single-lane bridge once existed at this location and was removed in the spring of 2019 as it was determined to be unsafe to use. The former concrete piers remain in place and through a recent assessment, it was determined that they will require remediation work in order to support a new bridge and sustain a service life of an additional 75 years.

Re-establishment of the bridge will include both in-water and on-land activities. The conceptual design includes rehabilitation of existing piers by way of removing accretions of "mussels" and debris from the existing piers and repairing the face of the piers using techniques such as crack injection and installation of steel jacketing in addition to removing and reconstructing the upper 3.0 m of concrete on the existing two piers. In addition, the approach spans, which are the areas between the piers and shoreline, will be infilled.  The infill area will be contained between the pier and the shoreline by corrugated steel sheet piles. Due to the existing ground conditions, it is anticipated that a 6 month pre-consolidation period will be required for the infilled approach spans to allow for settlement to take place.

Construction methodology will generally be left to the discretion of the contractor; however, due to the nature of the site, it is possible that work may be conducted from a barge, from temporary infill areas, or use of a temporary bridge (trestle) system.

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Latest update

2021-06-11 – The public comment period on the project is closed. Infrastructure Canada and Transport Canada are considering comments received to help inform its determination on whether the carrying out of the project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

Key documents

Key documents
Document Number Document Title File Date
1 Construction of the Former Welland Canal Crossing - Public Comments Invited - May 11, 2021

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Contacts

Lily Comeau
Infrastructure Canada
Lily Comeau, Environmental Review Officer
180 Kent Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 0B6
Telephone: 343-551-0230
Email: lily.comeau@canada.ca


  • Location

    • Dain City (Ontario)

  • Nature of Activity

    • Bridges

  • Assessment Status

    In progress

  • Start Date

    2023-10-01

  • Proponent

    City of Welland

  • Authorities

    • Infrastructure Canada
    • Transport Canada

  • Assessment Type

    Project on federal lands

  • Reference Number

    81309

Nearby assessments

..within 200 kilometres
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