Sudbury expressway project on target for 2019 opening: $80-million Maley Drive Extension on time, on budget.

• Date: 01 January 2019
• Author: McKinley, Karen

It's barely one year into the construction of Sudbury's Maley Drive extension and phase one is on time and on budget.

City representatives gave members of the media a tour of phases one and two of the massive construction project in the north end of the city on Nov. 21, which extends from the intersection of Frood Road and Lasalle Boulevard to the intersection of Barry Downe Road and Maley Drive.

Phase one is currently underway, with a four-lane divided highway spanning from the corner of Lasalle Boulevard West across to Falconbridge Road. It includes extending Maley Drive, a roundabout in front of College Boreal, an interchange on Notre Dame, and another roundabout on Barry Downe. Reconstruction of the existing Maley Drive will also be part of the work, starting in the spring.

The cost of this phase is estimated to be around $80 million.

It is slated for completion in December, 2019.

David Shelsted, Greater Sudbury's director of infrastructure capital planning services, growth and infrastructure, said it's a marvel to look at in person.

"I've been looking at maps and plans on paper since this began, but you don't get a full sense of the scale of it until you are driving along it. It's mind-boggling," he said. "This is what $80 million in construction looks like."

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