{"id":593487,"date":"2026-04-09T23:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/593487\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T23:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:04:11","slug":"winnipeg-construction-season-disruptive-but-necessary-city-councillor-says-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/593487\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg construction season disruptive but necessary, city councillor says – Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"

The City of Winnipeg has $157 million worth of road construction projects planned for the 2026 construction season.<\/p>\n

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One of the most significant is the completion of the $30.5-million rehabilitation of the Pembina Highway overpass at Abinojii Mikanah. It began last summer, with the focus this year being on the northbound lanes.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also $8 million of work planned for downtown.<\/p>\n

One road work project that was supposed to wrap up last year is on Portage Avenue between Sturgeon Road and Cavalier Drive. The city says that was pushed off because of the amount of rain Winnipeg saw last summer. It caused challenges for businesses on that stretch, who are now figuring out how they\u2019ll manage another season of construction they weren\u2019t planning on.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think most people found us, but it\u2019s definitely more frustrating for them,\u201d explains Roberty Johnson, the owner of D Jay\u2019s Restaurant.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA lot of days they didn\u2019t have the opportunity to work, but there were other days when they could\u2019ve been here and nobody was on site.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coun. Janice Lukes, who chairs the Public Works Committee, recognizes the challenges but says keeping up to city\u2019s roads is vital.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of work going on, it is the season coming upon us. We have to fix the road, and if the road is in front of the business, well, we just have to fix the road,\u201d Lukes said.<\/p>\n

Global\u2019s Vasilios Bellos has more in the video above about the challenges construction creates for businesses, and some of the major projects Winnipeggers can expect this summer.<\/p>\n

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