Winnipeg | Perimeter Highway

[WildCake]

Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue

In Ontario, 950 m is the minimum radius for a design speed of 130 kph. In that case, M.T.I. may be designing Perimeter Highway for 120 kph (with posted speed limits of 100 kph).

I was mistaken in my earlier post about the CCW project. The Perimeter has a design speed of 130 km/h in that section. Found the document where that's referenced:

http://conf.tac-atc.ca/english/annualconference/tac2013/session2/mcritchie.pdf

Page 18 of the pdf has the specs I'm referring to.

So I can imagine the 101 and 100 Design Studies call for the whole highway to be rebuilt to a design speed of 130 km/h, like in Ontario.

I do wonder if they could have flattened the curve of the highway by just expropriating the Petro Can/Humptys and shifting the Perimeter slightly and maintaining the current PTH 3 alignment - rather than what seems like a more land-hungry project that is coming up quite expensive. I'm sure that was considered during the design study though.

[bomberjet]

Ah there you go. Nice.

[Wpgstvsouth94]

There is officially activity at the mcgilivray/100 interchange! Reduced speed signs and the entire field is cleared of snow. Maybe hydro relocation? Progress nonetheless!

[harls]

Originally Posted by Wpgstvsouth94

There is officially activity at the mcgilivray/100 interchange! Reduced speed signs and the entire field is cleared of snow. Maybe hydro relocation? Progress nonetheless!

I bet that Humpty's location is pissed off. I guess they will be relocating.

[Wpgstvsouth94]

Originally Posted by harls

I bet that Humpty's location is pissed off. I guess they will be relocating.

It’s hard to say that area where the current perimeter highway is prime land for restaurants, stores, apartments, condos, etc. it might actually benefit them. They’ll be right along the offramp exit.

[bryan_ca]

Originally Posted by Wpgstvsouth94

It’s hard to say that area where the current perimeter highway is prime land for restaurants, stores, apartments, condos, etc. it might actually benefit them. They’ll be right along the offramp exit.

They just need to put up a U.S.-Midwest-style high-mast sign that you can see for miles. 😂😂

[Wpgstvsouth94]

Originally Posted by bryan_ca

They just need to put up a U.S.-Midwest-style high-mast sign that you can see for miles. 😂😂

Yes we need more of these haha! Same with the blue attractions signs showing restaurants at each exit. Ontario has them!

[bomberjet]

When you don't have to pre-exit on the highway, there's not much use for those blue signs! You can just hang a hard right at the traffic signals! lol

[Kinguni]

Originally Posted by cllew

I have read online during the flood of the century that the south and west Perimeter Hwy were part of the primary flood protection system.

Does anybody know if that is true, as making changes to highway locations and elevations to that portion may impact the cost of the project?

South Perimeter was a last line of defence for Winnipeg if the Morris River had back flowed into the La Salle River. Brunkild Dike was temporarily beefed up with anything they could find, including scrapped vehicles. The Z dike has since been permanently built up.

[craner]

Anything in the Provincial budget for the Perimeter ?

[Wpg_Guy]

Originally Posted by craner

Anything in the Provincial budget for the Perimeter ?

Just a 24/7 snow clearing pilot otherwise nothing and this mention: Construction of a new interchange at Perimeter Highway and PTH 3 (McGillivray Boulevard)

[bomberjet]

Any progress at McGillivray interchange site or are they still thinking about it?

[rivercity]

Tree clearing had started last week or the week before i believe

[Wpgstvsouth94]

Glp I believe they are called has been surveying and tree clearing for the past going on a month I would say. This morning on my commute into work they have full on heavy machinery there now and piles of sand and mud going in.

[bomberjet]

Nice, good news. GIP used to be Nelson River from my understanding.

[cllew]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

Nice, good news. GIP used to be Nelson River from my understanding.

Name changed in Aug 2025 when Nelson river was bought out by Green Infrastructure Partners.

[Biff]

GIP includes Green Infrastructure Partners Inc. (formed pursuant to the amalgamation with GFL Infrastructure Inc. and Ground Force Environmental Corp.); GIP Paving Inc. (formerly Coco Paving Inc.); GIP Aggregates Inc., (formerly Coco Aggregates Inc.); Russell Redi-Mix Concrete; Langenburg Redi-Mix Ltd.; GIP Pipe Products Inc. (formerly Co-Pipe Inc.), Lorvin Steel Ltd and GIP Construction Engineering Corp. (formerly Aecon Materials Engineering Corp.), West Carleton Sand & Gravel Inc., GIP Construction and Materials Limited (formerly Aecon Construction and Materials Limited) and GIP Construction Ontario East Ltd. (formerly Aecon Construction Ontario East Ltd.)

[harls]

These guys changed to GIP in Aylmer in 2022, from the street view pics of their office.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/4Y9egL1AkqL7nKod6

https://maps.app.goo.gl/2zcjsfY3Nov43Qpu7

[plrh]

The project was bid by the Russell Redi-mix people before Nelson River was bought. The Nelson River people will do much of the construction. But they are all GIP now.

MD Steele is doing the bridge deck and Dillon is doing the engineering. There's a few other subs for smaller tasks, but I don't know who they are.

[Mr Tall Forehead]

No pics, but I drove through McGillivray and the Perimeter intersection yesterday and there is definitely site prep work underway. As someone else mentioned earlier there has been a lot of brush/tree removal on the southeast side and there is also drainage work going on in the field east of the gas station. Construction signs are up as well.