Ontario Construction News staff writer
Guelph’s 2024-2027 budget approved by council existing and growth-enabling infrastructure, as well as housing and homelessness.
Over the next four years, the $1.6 billion capital budget will focus on crucial projects that support the replacement of old pipes and roads and building new ones including the planned Speedvale Bridge replacement and York Road improvements, to mitigate the impacts of provincial downloading related to housing, and a significant investment in paramedic services to improve emergency response times and support community well-being.
Other priorities include:
Funding policy work that supports quicker development application review times and planning housing-enabling infrastructure, and supporting advancements through technology.
- Collaborating on unstructured encampment wellness checks to support community health, safety, and well-being.
- implementing the cycling and downtown parking master plans, improving sidewalk construction and accessibility, and multi-use paths.
- Supporting a grant for hospital expansion and renovations.
- planting 3.6 million more trees by 2070
- stormwater investments to prevent flooding, replacement of storm sewers and more.
- updating old pipes, creating more public spaces, and improving streetscapes.
- completing the South End Community Centre and new central library.
More details on the adopted 2024-2027 operating budget, including the capital budget can be found at guelph.ca/budget.