Projects Announced for the 2025-26 Multi-Year Roads Plan

More than $316 million has been announced for highway construction projects for 2025-26, as part of the Provincial Government’s Multi-Year Provincial Roads Plan. This investment is part of the $1.4 billion over five years in improvements to provincial roads and highways announced in 2023.

The Roads Plan outlines a list of highway construction projects planned for the 2025-26 highway construction season and a partial list of projects planned for 2026-27. In addition to major highways and regional trunk roads, the plan also includes many provincially owned local roads. More details on these projects can be found in the backgrounder below.

The Honourable Fred Hutton, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure and Minister of Rural Economic Development, will be available to speak to media about the Roads Plan today (Thursday, April 3) in the East Block Lobby, Confederation Building, beginning at 2:00 p.m. He will be joined by Kris Mulcahy, Executive Director, Heavy Civil Association of Newfoundland and Labrador.

In December of last year, residents were encouraged to provide information on roads to be considered for the plan such as region, route name or number, the nearest municipality or landmark, and the type of road issue being experienced. Over 200 suggestions were received. This information was considered along with technical input from the department’s engineers to help finalize this year’s plan.

Other significant factors in determining the list of highway construction projects selected for the plan include the impacts of climate change; commercial, industry and tourism impacts; daily traffic volumes; speed; road condition ratings; and populations serviced.

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure has already begun issuing tenders for road construction work to begin this construction season. Tenders have been issued for various projects including:

Rehabilitation of Northwest Gander River Bridge (Route 360);
Rehabilitation of Main Tickle Bridge (Route 340);
Road Rehabilitation Avalon (Route 100);
Road Rehabilitation Avalon (Routes 70, 70-20 and 72);
Bridge Rehabilitation Central (Routes 340, 340-65, 360, and 390); and,
Road Rehabilitation on Trans Canada Highway Western from Mollichignuck Brook towards Doyles.

The department will continue issuing tenders throughout the next few months in preparation for the upcoming construction season.

Information on tenders issued and awarded by the department and other public bodies is available by visiting www.merx.com/govnl

As the road construction season approaches, motorists are asked to remain vigilant, slow down and exercise caution when travelling through construction zones. Information on active highway construction projects and repairs is also available by visiting nl511.ca or the nl511 app.

Quotes
“We recognize that roads infrastructure is critical to the social and economic well-being of residents, communities, and businesses throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. Again, this year, we have a balanced approach for addressing that infrastructure in our Roads Plan, supported by our government’s unprecedented multi-year funding commitment of $1.4 billion over five years announced in 2023. We are also pleased to continue our collaboration with the Heavy Civil Association of Newfoundland and Labrador as we approach construction season.”
Honourable Fred Hutton
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure
Minister of Rural Economic Development

“Our association is encouraged to see that government is continuing its efforts to share provincial infrastructure priorities with the industry and the public. These updates, along with multi-year planning and timely tender releases, are key to supporting a strong and coordinated construction season. When project timelines are communicated clearly, contractors and their partners across the province can better prepare, ensuring that staffing, training, and investments are aligned with the work ahead. As we approach the upcoming season, we remain committed to working closely with government to help deliver infrastructure that strengthens communities and supports economic growth across Newfoundland and Labrador.”
Kris Mulcahy
Executive Director, Heavy Civil Association of Newfoundland and Labrador

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BACKGROUNDER

Route	Route Name	Description	2025-26	2026-27
1	Trans Canada Highway	Culvert replacements/rehabilitations between Whitbourne and St. John’s	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Mill and fill sections between Whitbourne and St. John’s	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Streetlight and median repairs Outer Ring Road near Carrick Drive	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Rehabilitate Roaches Line underpass	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Rehabilitate Foxtrap overpass	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Paving section Galway Interchange	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Rehabilitate Manual’s River feeder canal westbound	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Rehabilitate Leech Brook Bridge	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Paving sections near Grand Falls	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Rehabilitate Badger Brook Bridge	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Rehabilitate Big Junction Brook Bridge	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Paving sections near Birchy Narrows	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Paving sections between Springdale and Baie Verte		●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Paving sections between Glenwood and Lewisporte	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Rehabilitate Little Junction Brook Bridge	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Rehabilitate Middle Brook Bridge	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Rehabilitate Dark Hole Brook Bridge	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Removal of Port aux Basques Marine Atlantic overpass	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Paving Section between Gallants and Burgeo Highway	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Paving section between Doyles and Mollichignick Brook Bridge	●	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Replace Deer Lake Tailrace Bridge	●	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Replace bin walls Massey Drive	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Improvements to White’s Road interchange		●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Construct passing lanes Port aux Basques	●	●
1	Trans Canada Highway	Replace Port aux Basques Marine Atlantic overpass	●	●
3	Robert E Howlett Memorial Dr	Rehabilitate Cochrane Pond underpass	●
10	Southern Shore Highway	Paving section between St. Shott’s and Trepassey	●
10	Southern Shore Highway	Paving sections near Peter’s River		●
10	Southern Shore Highway	Replace Witless Bay Bridge		●
10	Southern Shore Highway	Rehabilitate Tors Cove Bridge	●
11	Petty Harbour/Maddox Cove Road	Paving section		●
11	Petty Harbour/Maddox Cove Road	Replace culvert Petty Harbour	●
20	Torbay Road	Replace Pouch Cove Bridge		●
20	Torbay Road	Paving a section between Flatrock and Pouch Cove	●
41	Beachy Cove Road	Paving section	●
41	Beachy Cove Road	Slope stabilization near Ferry Terminal	●
50	Thorburn Road at St. Thomas’ Line	Replace Broad Cove Brook Bridge	●
50	Thorburn Road	Paving section	●
60	Conception Bay Highway	Paving sections near Topsail Beach and Holyrood	●
70	Baccalieu Trail	Replace Double Brook Bridge		●
70	Baccalieu Trail	Replace Ochre Pit Brook Bridge	●
70	Baccalieu Trail	Replace seawall Spaniard’s Bay	●
70	Baccalieu Trail	Paving sections Old Perlican to Bay de Verde	●
70	Baccalieu Trail	Paving section near Holy Redeemer School	●
72	Bareneed Road	Replace retaining walls in Port de Grave	●
80	Trinity South Highway	Replace Whiteway Bridge	●	●
80	Trinity South Highway	Paving sections between Cavendish and New Melborne	●	●
81	Markland Road	Rehabilitate sections	●
90	Salmonier Line	Replace North Arm River Bridge	●	●
90	Salmonier Line	Paving sections New Bridge to Riverhead	●
91	Old Placentia Bay Highway	Southeast Placentia	●
93	Mount Carmel Road	Replace Store Gully Bridge		●
94	Admiral’s Beach Road	Replace culvert	●
102	Ship Harbour Road	Paving section Ship Harbour	●
201	Main Road Bellevue	Replace Chapel Arm Bridge No. 3	●
210	Burin Peninsula Highway	Culvert replacements	●
210	Burin Peninsula Highway	Rehabilitate Long Pond Brook Bridge	●
210	Burin Peninsula Highway	Rehabilitate Red Harbour River West Bridge	●
210	Burin Peninsula Highway	Rehabilitate Grand Bank Brook Bridge	●
212	Harbour Mille Road	Paving section near Jacques Fontaine	●
213	Main Street, Frenchman’s Cove	Rehabilitate Frenchman’s Cove Bridge	●
215	Petite Forte Road	Replace Boat Harbour Bridge	●
220	Grand Bank to St. Lawrence	Paving section near Epworth	●
221	Main Street Burin Road	Paving section near Burin	●
221	Main Street Burin Road	Paving sections near Port au Bras	●
222	Winterland Road	Paving section	●	●
230	Bonavista Peninsula Highway	Replace culvert Morley’s Siding	●
230	Bonavista Peninsula Highway	Paving section near Lethbridge	●
230	Bonavista Peninsula Highway	Paving section near Bonavista	●
231	Random Island Road	Rehabilitate Random Island Causeway Bridge	●
231	Random Island Road	Paving section near Random Heights	●
235	Southern Bay to Cape Bonavista	Paving section near Stock Cove	●
235	Southern Bay to Cape Bonavista	Replace culverts Bonavista	●
235	Southern Bay to Cape Bonavista	Culvert replacements Open Hall to King’s Cove	●
320	Bonavista North Highway	Paving section near Hare Bay	●
320	Bonavista North Highway	Replace culvert near Trinity	●
330	Gander Bay Highway	Replace Windmill Brook Bridge North	●
330	Gander Bay Highway	Replace Windmill Brook Bridge South	●
340	Road to the Isles	Paving section Lewisporte to Loon Bay	●
340	Road to the Isles	Rehabilitate Shoal Tickle Bridge	●
340	Road to the Isles	Rehabilitate Main Tickle Bridge	●
340	Road to the Isles	Rehabilitate Southwest Brook Bridge	●
340	Road to the Isles	Paving section near Summerford	●
340	Road to the Isles	Paving section near Lobster Harbour	●
345	Moreton’s Harbour Road	Rehabilitation near Tizzard’s Harbour Road		●
350	Botwood Highway	Paving section near Botwood	●
350	Botwood Highway	Replace culvert near Northern Arm Depot	●
350	Botwood Highway	Replace culvert near Mill Pond	●
351	Old TCH	Replace culvert Middle Brook near Norris Arm	●
360	Bay D’Espoir Highway	Replace Conne River Bridge	●	●
360	Bay D’Espoir Highway	Paving section		●
360	Bay D’Espoir Highway	Rehabilitae Bernard’s Brook Bridge		●
361	St. Albans Road	Rehabilitate Bay D-Espoir Causeway Bridge	●
362	Belleoram Road	Replace culvert near St. Jaques	●
362	Belleoram Road	Paving sections	●	●
363	Coomb’s Cove Road	Replace culvert Coombs Cove Road	●
370	Buchans Highway	Paving sections	●	●
370	Buchans Highway	Replace Little Red Indian Brook Bridge	●	●
380	Pilley’s Island Road	Pave section near Pilley’s Island	●
390	Springdale Road	Rehabilitate Indian Brook Bridge	●
401	Howley Road	Paving section	●
404	Robinson’s Road	Paving sections	●
405	Highland’s Road	Paving sections	●
410	Baie Verte Road	Paving section near Flatwater Pond Park		●
411	Westport Road	Replace culvert near Pound Cove	●
414	La Scie Highway	Paving sections	●
415	Nippers Harbour Road	Slope stabilization	●
417	Pacquet Road	Replace culvert Pacquet Road	●
420	Jackson’s Arm Road	Rehabilitate Main River Bridge	●
420	Jackson’s Arm Road	Rehabilitate Gile’s Brook Bridge	●
420	Jackson’s Arm Road	Paving sections	●
421	Road to the Beaches	Rehabilitate Rocky Brook Bridge	●
421	Road to the Beaches	Rehabilitate Rushy Brook Bridge	●
431	Trout River Road	Pave sections between Glenburnie and Woody Point		●
432	Main Brook Highway	Paving section	●
432	Main Brook Highway	Rehabilitate West Brook Bridge	●	●
432	Main Brook Highway	Rehabilitate Roses Brook Bridge	●	●
436	Lanse aux Meadows Road	Rehabilitate Upper Brook Bridge	●	●
436	Lanse aux Meadows Road	Rehabilitate Bartlett’s River Bridge	●
437	Cape Onion Road	Rehabilitate Eastern Brook Pond Bridge	●
440	North Shore Highway	Replace Ballam’s River Bridge		●
450	South Shore Highway	Slope stabilization	●
450	South Shore Highway	Paving section	●
462	Mattis Point Road	Slope stabilization Fox Island River	●
462	Mattis Point Road	Paving section Fox Island River	●
470	LaPoile Highway	Paving section near Rose Blanche	●
480	Burgeo Highway	Rehabilitate Burnt Pond Bridge	●
480	Burgeo Highway	Rehabilitate Dry Pond Brook Bridge	●
480	Burgeo Highway	Rehabilitate Lloyd’s River Bridge	●
480	Burgeo Highway	Replace culverts near Top Pond Brook Bridge	●
480	Burgeo Highway	Paving sections near Top Pond	●
500	Trans Labrador Highway	Replace culverts at Ossokmanuan Reservoir Causeway	●
500	Trans Labrador Highway	Replace Demille River culverts	●
510	Southern Labrador Highway	Rehabilitate Veteran’s Memorial Bridge	●
514	Charlottetown Junction	Rehabilitate Charlottetown Access Road	●
520	North West River Road	Replace Goose River Bridge		●
520	North West River Road	Paving section near Gosling Lake	●
520	North West River Road	Paving section Hamilton River Road	●
100-6	Freshwater Crescent	Paving section Freshwater	●
100A	Argentia Access Road – Collector	Rehabilitation of Fitzgerald’s Pond culverts	●
100A	Argentia Access Road – Collector	Paving section Dunville	●
100B	Argentia Access Road – NHS	Paving sections Branch to Point Verde	●	●
100B	Argentia Access Road – NHS	Replace St. Bride’s Bridge North	●	●
10-34	Brigus South Road	Replace culverts	●
10-36	Harbour Road	Rehabilitate Dean’s Road Bridge	●
201-10	Bear Hill Road	Replace Chapel Arm Bridge No. 2	●
201-10	Bear Hill Road	Rehabilitate Chapel Arm Bridge		●
204-19-1	Lower Road Gooseberry Cove	Replace culvert Gooseberry Cove	●
204-19-3	Gooseberry Cove Road	Road realignment Gooseberry Cove	●
210-10-3	Old Mill Road Goobies	Rehabilitate Old Mill Road Bridge	●
210-19	Main Road Baine Harbour	Replace retaining wall Baine Harbour	●
210-21	Rushoon Access Road	Rehabilitate Rushoon River Bridge	●
210-23-4	Peter Coady’s Rd Jean de Baie	Replace Jean De Baie Bridge	●
2-1-6	Come by Chance Access Road	Replace culvert Come by Chance	●
220-10	Little Bay to Beau Bois Road	Paving section Little Bay	●
220-10	Little Bay to Beau Bois Road	Paving sections near Beau Bois		●
220A	Mcgettigan Boulevard	Replace Marystown Harbour (Canning) Bridge	●	●
220A	Mcgettigan Boulevard	Canning Bridge bypass	●
220A	Mcgettigan Boulevard	Replace Marystown underpass	●	●
230A	Memorial Drive	Replace George’s Brook Bridge	●
231-16	Hickman’s Harbour Road	Replace retaining wall Hickman’s Harbour	●
2A	CBS Bypass – Peacekeepers Way	Replace culvert Lawerence Pond interchange	●
2A	CBS Bypass – Peacekeepers Way	Rehabilitation Route 001/002 interchange underpasses	●
2B	Pitts Memorial	Rehabilitate CNR Viaduct	●
2B	Pitts Memorial	Rehabilitate Blackhead Road overpass	●
2B	Pitts Memorial	Road upgrade including storm sewer, curb and gutter, guide rail and paving	●	●
30-12	Old Marine Drive	Realignment Marine Drive	●
310-41	St. Brendan’s Road	Granular resurfacing St. Brendan’s	●
3-1-6	Benton Road	Paving section Benton	●
320-36	NewWesValley Road	Rehabilitate Spurrell’s Island Bridge	●
320-36	NewWesValley Road	Paving section		●
330-14	Ladle Cove Road	Paving section	●
330-28	Cape Freel’s Road	Paving section		●
362-10	Pool’s Cove Road	Paving section	●
3A	Team Gushue Highway	Team Gushue Highway	●	●
40-15	Bauline Line Extension	Paving section	●
414-17	Pond Road	Rehabilitate Shoe Cove North Bridge	●
420-10	Pollard’s Point Road	Rehabilitate Pollard’s Point Bridge	●
430-76	Great Brehat Road	Paving section St. Anthony-Bight	●
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Rehabilitate West River Bridge	●
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Rehabilitate Bartlett’s Brook Arch	●
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Rehabilitate Parker’s River Bridge	●
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Paving sections between Black Duck Cove and Green Island Cove	●	●
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Paving sections Bonne Bay to Wiltondale	●	●
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Rehabilitate Castor River Bridge	●
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Paving section near St. Anthony	●
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Replace culvert near Hawke’s Bay		●
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Paving sections St. Paul’s	●	●
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Paving sections near Three Mile Rock	●	●
430	Northern Peninsula Highway	Remove White Hills Road Bridge	●
450-1	Lewin Parkway	Rehabilitate Humber Road overpasses	●
50-25	Bennett’s Road and Broad Cove Road	Paving section	●
70-16	Bishops Cove Road	Paving section	●
70-17	Crane’s Road	Paving section	●
70-20	Bryant’s Cove Road	Paving sections	●	●
92-10	Southside Road	Rehabilitate sections	●
	Bell Island	Paving sections of Bell Island	●
	Placentia	Paving sections of Jerseyside, Freshwater and Southeast	●
	Codroy Valley	Paving sections Codroy Valley Area	●
	Bay St. George	Paving sections Bay St. George South Area	●

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