Major Road Investments are coming to Ward 21
One of the biggest stories in Budget 2026 for Ward 21 is the sheer scale of road investment coming to our community.
Ward 21 secured the second-highest road resurfacing investment in Ottawa in Budget 2026, with nearly $8.9 million for resurfacing alone. Just as importantly, Ward 21 ranks first in the city for total road-related investment when resurfacing, rural road upgrades, intersection improvements, and drainage work are taken into account. Put simply, Budget 2026 delivers one of Ottawa’s biggest road investment packages to Ward 21, and that is very good news for our residents.
These are real investments that will improve safety, strengthen infrastructure, and help our growing rural ward keep pace with demand. I have worked hard to keep Ward 21 front and centre in these budget discussions, and I will continue pushing to make sure our community gets the investment it deserves.
This year, there is a significant amount of planned road work taking place across Ward 21. To help residents better understand where this work is happening, my office also spent a great deal of time creating a Google Earth mapping project that shows the locations of planned road and infrastructure investments across our ward, mostly in 2026, while also including work currently identified for 2027. In addition to road projects, the map also includes the many culvert replacements happening across Ward 21, as well as miscellaneous capital investments in public buildings, parks, and facilities, along with significant bridge work and intersection improvements. Residents can explore that map here: Ward 21 Road Work and Investment Map.
This map will help residents have a bird’s eye view of where work is taking place, the spread of these investments across the ward, and just how large Ward 21 is geographically. Please note that all future work remains subject to change. Locations shown on the map are somewhat approximate, project parameters may change, and dates will be scheduled and reflected in our updates as soon as we receive them. At this time, we do not yet have construction dates for these projects.
I also want to be clear about something important. While I advocate strongly for more road dollars in Ward 21 and can push for road condition inspections and increased investment, I do not directly control the City’s triaging process for which roads are resurfaced and when. I know some residents will notice other roads, or other sections of roads, that are in very poor condition and urgently need rehabilitation. I absolutely recognize that concern, and there are several roads across the ward where residents are right to expect more work in the future.
In some cases, however, there is an important reason why resurfacing has not happened yet. For example, on Fourth Line Road south of North Gower Village, multiple culvert renewals are needed before resurfacing can take place. The last thing we want is for the City to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars resurfacing a road, only to tear up that new asphalt shortly afterward to replace critical culverts underneath. That would be an unnecessary waste of taxpayer dollars and would jeopardize the condition of the newly surfaced road. Sequencing this work properly matters, and I will keep working hard to make sure these investments continue coming to Ward 21 in the right order.
Planned Road Work for 2026
The following projects are currently scheduled for 2026. Unless otherwise noted, these are road resurfacing projects:
Bankfield Road, from Kilreen Lane to 370 metres west of Prince of Wales Drive
Black’s Side Road, from Fernbank Road to Ridingview Crescent
Brophy Drive, from Eagleson Road to Fourth Line Road
Community Way, from Fourth Line Road to Relin Way
Doctor Leach Drive, residential, from Beaverwood Road to Potter Drive
Fallowfield Road, from Munster Road to Dwyer Hill Road
Farmstead Ridge, crack sealing, from Church Street to Church Street
Fernbank Road, from Jinkinson Road to Munster Road
Fernbank Road, from 138 metres east of Shea Road to 385 metres east of Shea Road
Fourth Line Road, from Lockhead Road West to Shellstar Drive
Harbison Road, gravel road upgrade to hard asphalt surface, from Proven Line Road to McCordick Road
Jinkinson Road, from Fernbank Road to 2.7 kilometres north of Fernbank Road
Manotick Main Street, from Bridgeport Avenue to Eastman Avenue
McBean Street, from Perth Street to Strachan Street
Phelan Road West, slurry seal, from Prince of Wales Drive to Ormrod Road
Shea Road, crack sealing, from Hemphill Street to Fernbank Road
Planned Road Work for 2027
The following projects are currently identified for 2027 and remain subject to change.
Road resurfacing
Bridge Street, from Manotick Main Street to River Road
Century Road, from First Line Road to Rideau Valley Drive North
Dilworth Road, from Third Line Road to Rideau Valley Drive South
Dwyer Hill Road, from Roger Stevens Drive to O’Neil Road to Purdy Road
Fallowfield Road, gravel road upgrade, from McCaffrey Trail to Dwyer Hill Road
Flewellyn Road, from Munster Road to Huntley Road
Old Richmond Road, from Cambrian Road West to Fallowfield Road
Perth Street, from Queen Charlotte Street to 150 metres east of Shea Road
Roger Stevens Drive, from McCordick Road to Fourth Line Road
Silver Fox Way, from Franktown Road to Starlight Place
Starlight Place, from Franktown Road to Silver Fox Way
Terry Fox Drive, from Eagleson Road to Castlefrank Road
Road surface treatment
McCordick Road, from Cowell Road to Donnelly Drive and Fairhurst Drive
Reeve Craig Road North, cul-de-sac
Reeve Craig Road South, cul-de-sac
Gravel road upgrade to hard asphalt surface
Ashton Station Road, gravel road upgrade, from Franktown Road to McLinton Road
Carsonby Road West, from Third Line Road to Prince of Wales Drive
Firefly Lane, cul-de-sac
Gallagher Road, from Mackey Road to Harnett Road
Harnett Road, from Gallagher Road to Mulholland Road
Herwig Place, cul-de-sac
Third Line Road North, from Carsonby Road West to Century Road West
Ward 21 is receiving one of the most significant road investment packages anywhere in Ottawa, and I will continue fighting to keep that momentum going. There is still more work to do, but these investments represent real progress for our residents and for communities right across our ward.