General Road and Highway Discussion

[Pheidippides]

I'm not well-informed of how the city council process for approving road construction works, but it was around this time last year that a new round of road construction was approved. The list of projects is available here. I'm assuming this is a yearly thing that's done, but I'm not entirely sure, as it wasn't until last spring that I really took up an interest in the city infrastructure.

Does anyone know when we can expect an updated list for this year? New road construction projects to be undertaken? Anyone have any idea of what might be on it? I have no idea if it's an all at once thing, or an accumulation thing, of all the projects that are approved throughout the year. Like I said, I'm unfamiliar with how the process works!

My understanding is that regional staff come up with a list of capital projects and prioritize them in a rolling 10-yr window and that it is that 10-yr capital forecast that gets approved with the budget each year. Last year it was late being approved because of the whole budget process was delayed with the late municipal elections of 2014. This year's 2016-2025 capital forecast of projects was approved with the budget on January 13, 2016.

The list is actually under the current projects:
http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/gettin...ojects.asp