James Street Reconstruction

Our municipal engineering team was contracted to complete four phases of James Street reconstruction in Delhi from Wilson Street to Swimming Pool Road. The project required replacement of sanitary, storm, and water infrastructure, sidewalk, gutter, curb, and asphalt surfaces, and traffic and streetlights at the intersection of James and Church.

Given the project’s span, it was completed over four phases beginning in 2019, concluding in 2026. In 2020, our municipal engineering team was also contracted by the County on the reconstruction of the adjacent King Street. These sections form the town’s main arterial road that supports its local businesses, making it a high-traffic area.

With no viable option to reroute traffic around Delhi, our engineers worked to develop strategic routing and lane-shifting plans. This allowed traffic to continue without impeding construction, enabling the first three phases of the James Street reconstruction project to finish on schedule and on budget.

At the intersection of Church Street and James Street, narrow lanes made travelling through the intersection challenging for motorists and transport truck drivers. Further compounding this challenge was a right-turn lane branching off of the main road. In the design stage, Vallee’s project engineers increased the lane widths to alleviate congestion and converted the right-turn lane to a T-intersection. This was a more suitable approach for the low traffic volumes on the adjacent road.