Adelaide Street North – CP Grade Separation ("Adelaide Underpass")

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About the project

The City of London is reconstructing Adelaide Street North from Elias Street to 80m north of McMahen Street, as well as Central Avenue from William Street to Elizabeth Street. The project will add an underpass beneath the CP Rail tracks, as well as nearby intersection improvements and active transportation connections, with wide multi-use paths on both sides of the roadway on Adelaide Street North.

Improvements to this civic boulevard rail crossing will provide improved pedestrian, cyclist, and transit user amenities consistent with Complete Streets principles.

This project will directly improve safety and reliability by eliminating the at-grade crossing, reduce cut-through traffic in nearby neighborhoods and improve active transportation and quality of life. There are also benefits associated with improving emergency service and transit reliability associated with the current at-grade crossing.

The City is planning to maintain two lanes of traffic during most of the construction period through a road detour to the east of Adelaide Street.

This project has received funding commitments from the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario to support 10 transit and transit-supportive projects.

Above: Conceptual cross-section view looking north along Adelaide, showing the underpass, walls and sidewalks.



Above: Getting there! Major excavation is underway, and the underpass is starting to take shape.


Construction Public Update Meeting recording

The City of London is hosted a virtual public meeting to share an update on planned construction of the Adelaide Street North Underpass project. The presentation was followed by a moderated Q&A session.



Stay connected

If you wish to receive email updates from the City of London regarding this project, you can click here to sign-up.

About the project

The City of London is reconstructing Adelaide Street North from Elias Street to 80m north of McMahen Street, as well as Central Avenue from William Street to Elizabeth Street. The project will add an underpass beneath the CP Rail tracks, as well as nearby intersection improvements and active transportation connections, with wide multi-use paths on both sides of the roadway on Adelaide Street North.

Improvements to this civic boulevard rail crossing will provide improved pedestrian, cyclist, and transit user amenities consistent with Complete Streets principles.

This project will directly improve safety and reliability by eliminating the at-grade crossing, reduce cut-through traffic in nearby neighborhoods and improve active transportation and quality of life. There are also benefits associated with improving emergency service and transit reliability associated with the current at-grade crossing.

The City is planning to maintain two lanes of traffic during most of the construction period through a road detour to the east of Adelaide Street.

This project has received funding commitments from the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario to support 10 transit and transit-supportive projects.

Above: Conceptual cross-section view looking north along Adelaide, showing the underpass, walls and sidewalks.



Above: Getting there! Major excavation is underway, and the underpass is starting to take shape.


Construction Public Update Meeting recording

The City of London is hosted a virtual public meeting to share an update on planned construction of the Adelaide Street North Underpass project. The presentation was followed by a moderated Q&A session.



Stay connected

If you wish to receive email updates from the City of London regarding this project, you can click here to sign-up.

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