Major Projects

The County of Essex road construction program for 2025 totals $98,119,210.

The 2025 program has seven key areas:

• Capacity expansion – $67,604,780
• Rehabilitation – $23,615,230
• Traffic operations – $710,600
• Municipal drainage – $800,000
• Planning and engineering – $197,600
• CWATS (active transportation) – $4,900,000
• Equipment and software – $291,000

County Road 22 corridor enhancement

The County of Essex and Municipality of Lakeshore have retained BT Engineering Inc. to redesign County Road 22 from I.C. Roy Drive to West Belle River Road. The new design will incorporate the recommendations of the County Road 22 Environmental Assessment Study (2006) and the Corridor Alternatives and Strategies Study completed in 2022.

For more information and updates, visit the project page.

Reconstruction of County Road 42

The County of Essex is providing improved reliable infrastructure with the local and regional community in mind. In cooperation with regional municipalities, it is building new roundabouts, and constructing bicycle lanes, sidewalks and multi-use trails along County Roads 42 and County Road 43 in Tecumseh and Lakeshore.

The reconstruction of County Road 42, between County Road 19 and the City of Windsor, is a multi-year project that will increase road capacity and enhance neighbourhood connectivity. Work has begun and completion of the entire project is expected to take five to seven years.

The project includes:

• Widening of County Road 42 from County Road 19 (Manning Road) to the City of Windsor limits to a five-lane roadway with bike lanes, sidewalks and/or multi-use trails.
• Multi-lane roundabouts on County Road 42 at County Road 19 (Manning Road) and the new intersection with County Road 43 (Banwell Road).
• The diversion and widening of County Road 43 (Manning Road) from Shields Avenue to south of County Road 42.

Go to our County Road 42 Reconstruction project page for updates and to learn more.

County Road 46 corridor enhancement

The County of Essex, in conjunction with the Municipality of Tecumseh, undertaking an Environmental Assessment study of County Road 46 and adjoining segments of the Concession 8 and Concession 9 roads in Tecumseh. County Road 46 serves as a vital east-west corridor, paralleling Highway 401 from Windsor to Tilbury. The aim of the study is to produce operational enhancement strategies that improve safety, mobility and sustainability along this corridor.

Go to the County Road 46 Corridor Enhancement page to learn more.

County Road 2 active transportation pilot project

The County of Essex in 2021 conducted an active transportation pilot project to enhance safety by using bollards, curbing and increased signage on County Road 2 (Old Tecumseh Road) from East Pike Creek Road to County Road 22 in Lakeshore.

The pilot project, the first of its kind for the County Wide Active Transportation System, separated the active transportation corridor from the roadway, creating protected bike lanes and promoting an improved user experience for cyclists, pedestrians and motorists.

Feedback and data collected during the pilot project is being used to inform future plans for this road corridor.

Capacity Expansion Program

The County’s Capacity Expansion Program is an aggressive program of road projects planned over 20 years with a total value of $380 million. Proposed projects in 2025 are expected to cost $67,604,780.