Highway 7 and Highway 15 Intersection Improvements
Detail Design and Environmental Assessment
[GWP 4084-16-00]
The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has retained WSP Canada Inc. (WSP) to undertake the Detail Design and Environmental Assessment (EA) Study for improvements to the intersection of Highway 7 / Highway 15 and Highway 7 / McNeely Avenue in the Town of Carleton Place (GWP 4084-16-00).
The scope of work includes the following components:
- The addition of a continuous through travel lane, as follows:
- Highway 7 westbound (WB) from approximately 380 m east of McNeely Avenue to 270 m west of Highway 15;
- Highway 7 eastbound (EB) from approximately 240 m west of Highway 15 to the Highway 7 / 15 intersection;
- Highway 15 northbound (NB) from approximately 770 m south of Highway 7 to the Highway 7 / Highway 15 intersection; and
- Franktown Road southbound (SB) for approximately 410 m north of Highway 7 to the Highway 7 / Highway 15 intersection.
- The addition of a dual left turn lane, as follows:
- Highway 7 WB, Highway 15 NB and Franktown Road SB at the Highway 7 / Highway 15 intersection; and
- Highway 7 WB and McNeely Avenue NB at the Highway 7 / McNeely Avenue intersection.
- Elimination of the channelized right turn lane on Highway 7 WB onto Franktown Road with a controlled right turn lane at the Highway 7 / Highway 15 intersection;
- Elimination of the channelized right turn lane on Highway 15 NB onto EB Highway 7 with a controlled right turn lane at the Highway 7 / Highway 15 intersection;
- The addition of sidewalks on the north and south side of Highway 7; and
- Improvements to the Highway 7 / Highway 15 and Highway 7 / McNeely Avenue intersection pedestrian crossing locations to meet the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) requirements.
In the interim, the two-way left turn lane will be reinstated from Highway 7 / Highway 15 to Highway 7 / McNeely Avenue intersections. In the long-term, a raised median will be installed along Highway 7 corridor from McNeely Avenue to Highway 15 to improve safety along the Highway 7 corridor. At that time, access will be restricted to right-in, right-out along Highway 7. A raised median will also be installed on Highway 15 / Franktown Road from just south of the future Captain A. Roy Brown Boulevard to Findlay Avenue.
The Detail Design for the intersection improvements is building upon a Preliminary Design study previously completed for the project, which received environmental clearance in July 2020. The Preliminary Design study is documented in a Transportation Environmental Study Report (TESR).
In addition, an Addendum to the 2020 TESR was completed in 2023 to determine if any changes to the 2020 Recommended Plan were required as a result of changes from the Town’s Transportation Master Plan that were not previously considered. The TESR Addendum received environmental clearance in 2023.
The current study is following the Environmental Assessment process for a Group ‘B’ project in accordance with the Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) for Provincial Transportation Facilities (2000), with the opportunity for public input throughout the project.
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