Work on Wellington Main nears completion; Millennium Trail work continues

Wellington Main Street is expected to reopen to traffic June 1.

Contractors have successfully installed the new trunk watermain and trunk sanitary sewer infrastructure under Wellington Main Street – between the water and wastewater treatment plants and Cleminson Street.

Crews are completing the installation of curbs and sidewalks along the closed section of Wellington Main. The contractor will then install the base layer of asphalt so that the road can reopen to vehicle traffic by the target date of June 1.

Later this summer, a second layer of asphalt is to be applied to this section of Wellington Main Street when the temperatures are warm enough to allow the product to set correctly. One lane of Wellington Main Street will remain open at all times during this asphalt installation.

Contractors are continuing to install new trunk watermain and trunk sanitary sewer infrastructure on Cleminson Street, working north toward the Millennium Trail. One lane of Cleminson Street is to remain open to traffic at all times. Businesses on Cleminson Street remain open during the construction.

Millennium Trail work

The section of the Millennium Trail between Cleminson Street and Belleville Street remains closed at this time.

The section of the trail between Consecon Street and Belleville Street will be closed for the entire 2025 construction.

The section of the trail between Cleminson Street and Consecon Street is expected to reopen once the installation of the water and sanitary trunk mains are completed within that section.

Pedestrians and cyclists are advised to detour around the trail closure using Belleville Street, Niles, West, Wellington Main and Cleminson streets.

Pedestrians and cyclists are asked to use caution while travelling on Cleminson Street as crews continue to work in that area.

The municipality is working to install additional signage along the detour route to help guide trail users. These signs are to be installed in the coming weeks.

The section of the Millennium Trail between Cleminson Street and Wellington on the Lake is expected to reopen in June when the Wellington Main Street road closure ends.

The section is currently closed to allow emergency services to access the residents that are located on the west side of the Wellington Main Street road closure.

A tree assessment was conducted and any trees that needed to be removed for the construction are to be replaced with new trees when the construction has been completed.

Lane reduction on Belleville Street starting May 20

Belleville Street between Niles Street and just north of the Wellington and District Community Centre is to be reduced to one lane beginning on Tuesday, May 20.

The lane reduction is expected to be in place for the remainder of that week as crews prepare that section of road for base asphalt where infrastructure work took place last fall.

Traffic will be controlled with signals during the lane reduction.

Visit the municipal website to learn more about this project. People with concerns or questions should contact Chris Timpson, Project Manager, County of Prince Edward, at 613.476.2148 extension 2035 or email ctimpson@pecounty.on.ca