Isaac Street Construction
Early Summer - Late Fall 2023
See Your Art on a Real Excavator!
This summer, the Municipality of Central Huron and Birnam Excavating ran a special colouring contest. The two winners, Barrett Nurse (age 5) and Ellie (age 11), had their artworks printed as magnets to go on the Isaac Street Big Dig machines. Five runners-up also received prizes: Beau Doupe (age 5), Blake Lyons (age 5), Callam Dykstra (age 10), Brock Dale (age 10), and Elise Bean (age 7).
We received a record-breaking 140+ submissions. They have been printed on two signs located outside of Heartland Church in Clinton and are visible below. Take your photo with the signs and tag us to be shared!
Isaac Street Construction Project
The full reconstruction of Isaac Street has been in the Capital Plan for some time, and the Municipality is looking forward to finally implementing this infrastructure improvement. The current conditions are very poor, and this project will provide much-needed improvements to Isaac Street, adding to the downtown aesthetic and providing better servicing to the ratepayers in that area. The work will include:
Enbridge: replacement of gas lines and installing new gas meters/regulators in the downtown area
Replacement of water, sewer & storm mains
Replacement of the water/sewer servicing and adding storm servicing into the buildings on the block between Huron & Mary streets. Replacing water/sewer servicing and adding storm servicing to property line between Mary & Dunlop streets.
Improved accessibility for sidewalks and building entrances
Complete replacement of sidewalk, curb, gutter & asphalt
Decorative sidewalk & street light poles will be added in the downtown portion of Isaac Street, cohesive with the design of Albert Street
Full road construction with new asphalt
Project Phases / Timelines
Phase 1 – Dunlop Street to Joseph Street: late May to mid-June. Once the excavation work begins in the Phase 1 section, the road will be only open to local traffic and could be impassable at times. Phase 2 & 3 section traffic will remain open until further notice.
Phase 2 – Huron Street to Mary Street: mid to late June
Phase 3 – Mary Street to Joseph Street: late June to late July
Phase 4 – Industrial Park Sewer forcemain extension: late August to September
The project completion date is November 2023. Read the municipality’s full construction notice or visit their construction page. View weekly updates below.
Sept 4
Crews have begun mainline work at Isaac and Mary, heading south. Final trenching and hookups will continue in the business block throughout the next few weeks.
Aug 21-25
This week, crews will continue working on mainline utilities heading north from Isaac Street. Services entering basements will be finished up on both sides.
Aug 14-18
This week, crews will continue working north between Mary and Huron installing services into buildings.
July 31-Aug 4
Starting on Monday, crews will begin work in the Mary and Isaac Street intersection. Halfway through the week, work servicing beside and to buildings will begin.
July 24-28
Early this week, crews will be entering the Joseph intersection for the installation of a sanitary manhole. As they finish there, preparation for construction will begin in the business section of Isaac between Mary and King St.
July 17-21
For the first block of Dunlop to Joseph, crews have reached the halfway point. They will continue with mainline work throughout the week.
July 10-14
Underground work has been completed in the intersection of Dunlop St. and Isaac. This week, the crew will be heading north completing all necessary underground pipework and installing new granular as they go. There will still be construction traffic at the Dunlop St intersection throughout the week.
July 3-7
The construction crew will continue mainline pipe work down Isaac St, working their way north out of the Dunlop intersection.
June 26-30
Crews will be in the Mary & Isaac intersection capping the existing watermain on Tuesday, allowing it to be fully decommissioned. Mainline work will begin on Wednesday starting at the Dunlop intersection and working north to Joseph. This will continue through to the end of the week.
June 19-23
Birnam will continue north on Isaac St installing sanitary and water services. Water services will be flipped over to the aboveground temporary system while the new watermain is being installed.
June 12-16
This week, temporary water will be commissioned and crews will continue installing new service laterals (connecting private and public systems). Later in the week, residents may experience a short period where their water will be shut off in order to connect to the temporary watermain. Notices will be delivered 1 day prior to the shutoff.
June 5-9
Early this week, crews will continue installing temporary watermains. Following this, Birnam will begin to bury new sanitary and storm connections between the road and property lines.
May 29-June 2
The installation of temporary watermains will continue. Residences may have their water service line exposed during the week in preparation for the connection to the temporary system.
May 22-26
On Tuesday, crews will begin pulverizing the pavement on Isaac Street, making the surface similar to a gravel road. They will start from Dunlop to Mary, with a small strip on the Southeast side between Huron and Mary. The rest of the week will see temporary watermains being installed and tested.
