Construction and Road Closures Update – August 28, 2026

County Road 42 construction this summer in Tecumseh is all but complete.

All four newly widened, newly paved lanes on CR 42 between Lesperance Road and County Road 43 (Banwell Road) opened more than a week ago. Only occasional, single-lane, day-time reductions – on one side at a time, for finish-up landscaping work – remain prior to project completion. Otherwise, drivers can navigate either east or west along any of widened County Road 42’s four lanes – from the roundabout at CR 43 (Banwell) eastward all the way to the roundabout at County Road 19 (Manning Road).

By autumn 2027 the entire stretch of CR 42 will be widened to four lanes from Manning Road (CR 19) westward, through the Town of Tecumseh, to the City of Windsor border. Substantial enhancements in this stretch also will include new sidewalks, curbs, streetlighting, landscaping and boulevard restoration. 

Work on Phase 4 (Lesperance to Banwell) of the County of Essex’s years-long County Road 42 improvement project began on March 16, and was substantially completed more than a month ahead of schedule on August 14, 2026.

The last segment of the project, Phase 5, is scheduled to take place next year and will extend these enhancements westward from Banwell (CR 43) to the Windsor border.

For more on the County Road 42 project, check out the project page at our website: https://www.countyofessex.ca/cr42.

Finished or starting:

Meantime, paving operations on County Road 10 between Concession Roads 5 and 6 North are complete. This concludes all roadway work associated with a culvert replacement project there.

There is one new road construction project beginning next week. County Road 31 along the Kingsville-Leamington border will have lane restrictions between County Road 8 and County Road 14 beginning Monday, August 31.

All other County of Essex construction alerts this week are continuations:

County Road 3 in LaSalle has lane restrictions between County Road 8 and Canard Drive. Work began Monday, August 24.

County Road 34 in Leamington is closed between County Road 37 and Kent Road 1, for replacement of the South Dales Drain culvert. Work began July 20. The work is expected to last approximately 11 weeks. Please use caution and follow the posted detour.

County Road 12 in Essex is closed, long-term, between County Road 11 (Walker Road) and County Road 15 (just west of Gesto) for rehabilitation of the River Canard Bridge. Work began June 8 and is expected to continue for approximately six months. Please use caution and follow the posted detour.

County Road 42 in Lakeshore remains closed between County Road 35 and Queen Street South (Kent Road 1), for reconstruction of Big Creek Bridge. Work began in February. Please use caution and follow the posted detour signs!

And a reminder to please exercise PATIENCE with line-painting operations. Be prepared to drive slowly, and do NOT drive over the wet paint, to prevent damage to your vehicle.