Gower Street Infrastructure Renewal Project

About this project

The City of London is planning to reconstruct Gower Street 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 project includes:

• Watermain replacement
• Water service replacement to property line
• Sanitary sewer replacement
• Storm sewer replacement
• Partial replacement of existing private drain connections (PDC)
• Streetscape improvements
• Tree removals
• On-street parking adjustments
• Sidewalk replacement
• Concrete curb and gutter replacement
• New concrete curb and gutter
• 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: A map showing the project limits on Gower Street, from Oxford Street to the north end of Gower Street.

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.