Road 38 Construction Update

UPDATE - October 24, 2025 - G. Williams Paving is wrapping up work on the initial phase of the Road 38 Reconstruction project with the completion of the final lift of paving of the 4 km stretch of roadway between Yarker Road and Kingston Road.  The balance of the road work activities included in 2025 (Phase 1) will be completed during the following weeks listed below subject to weather constraints: 

1. Week of November 3 – Paving of driveways and pathways will be advanced along with the installation of new steel beam guiderail systems.
2. Week of November 10 – Placement and grading of the gravel shoulders.
3. Week of November 17 – Landscaping reinstatements and hydro seeding for all disturbed areas.

Work on the 4.0 meter diameter pipe at Murvale Creek has been suspended for the balance of the construction season due to challenges encountered during the construction of the roadway protection and dewatering system.  Sub-surface conditions at the culvert have identified the presence of a suspected timber crib directly beneath the existing pipe that was not identified during the design investigations.  After consideration of in-water restrictions (fisheries) and the onset of fall weather, the decision was made to suspend further work at the crossing in 2025. Road 38 will be repaired at the area of the pipe crossing in the week of October 27 and two-way traffic will be restored that week for the winter and spring seasons.

G. Williams Paving will be advancing the final stages of the project next year with the completion of the 1.8 km stretch of roadway between Murton Road and Yarker Road (Phase 2). The two-year contract for Road 38 will conclude on September 26, 2026.

Please refer to the project page on engagefrontenac.ca for future notices and public updates.