Elworthy Avenue Infrastructure Renewal Project

About this project

The City of London is planning to reconstruct Elworthy Avenue in your area to replace aging infrastructure that has exceeded its expected lifecycle. The project will add new watermain, replace the existing combined sewer with separated storm and sanitary sewer, and add new sidewalk to the south side of the street. This letter provides information about the project, as well as a survey for us to learn more about your street.

This project includes:

• Watermain replacement
• Removal of combined sewer
• Installation of new storm sewer
• Installation of new sanitary sewer
• Streetscape improvements
• Tree removals (where required) and replacement
• New sidewalk
• Concrete curb repair & replacement
• New asphalt road surface

Construction is expected to start in spring 2023 and is anticipated to last until fall 2023 with some minor clean-up work and asphalt paving in spring 2024.

Above: The map below shows the project limits on Elworthy Avenue, from Edward Street to Base Line Road East.

Project overview

View a narrated presentation of the project design, and learn about how we'll be managing construction.

Sidewalk considerations

The City of London is committed to providing safe, convenient, and accessible mobility choices for all residents. The City’s official plan, “The London Plan”, states sidewalks should be installed on both sides of most streets, which is standard for many Ontario municipalities.

As part of this commitment, when infrastructure renewal projects are planned for streets where sidewalks do not already exist, new sidewalk is added to at least one side of the street to improve overall pedestrian connectivity within the neighbourhood.

City staff recognizes residents are concerned about the impacts associated with new sidewalks, including include impacts to trees, driveways, and landscaping. Every effort is made to design projects in a way that minimizes the impacts of adding new sidewalk to a neighbourhood; however, it is not possible to eliminate impacts entirely.