{"id":35810,"date":"2025-02-06T16:46:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=35810"},"modified":"2025-02-06T16:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:47:04","slug":"murdock-avenue-will-be-repaved-in-2027-council-decides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/murdock-avenue-will-be-repaved-in-2027-council-decides\/","title":{"rendered":"Murdock Avenue will be repaved in 2027, Council decides"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Murdock Avenue will be repaved in 2027 as planned, following a decision made at the January 28 Council meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision comes after a Pavement Rehabilitation Strategy report recommended that roadwork for the street be performed then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report, prepared by Planning and Development Services, was based on a pavement assessment conducted in 2023. It states that, \u201cbased on the current condition of the pavement on Murdock Avenue, the condition of existing affiliated infrastructure, and budget thresholds, the road is recommended for pavement milling and overlay in 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report was ordered by Council at a Committee of the Whole meeting on January 14 after residents requested Murdock Avenue be added to the Town\u2019s list of road work projects for 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murdock Avenue is situated between Gilbank and McLeod Drive\u2014two roads that will receive extensive road work along with other surrounding streets this summer. Since Murdock is in close proximity to the project area, residents wondered whether it would be possible to include Murdock in the contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marco Ramunno, Aurora\u2019s Director of Planning and Development Services, clarified the Planning staff\u2019s decision at the meeting, explaining that the work needed on Murdock Avenue is less extensive than what is required on nearby Gilbank and McLeod Drives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMcLeod and a few other roads surrounding [it] were included for rehab work in 2025. It\u2019s not just a mill and overlay of the pavement, there\u2019s also water and sewer pipes that need replacement,\u201d said Ramunno. \u201cMurdock will require some work, but it\u2019s slated for shave and pave in 2027 with no underground work. So, it\u2019s in better condition than the surrounding roads that are actually part of the capital project coming up this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ward 4 Councillor Michael Thompson voiced some of the residents’ concerns, asking Ramunno whether repairing Murdock Avenue alongside Gilbank and McLeod would be more cost-effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMurdock terminates at Gilbank and McCloud, which, you know, we are doing. Is there not any savings by doing Murdock at the same time as Gilbank and McCloud as opposed to, in 2027, sending a new crew out just to do that small stretch of road?\u201d Thompson asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramunno acknowledged the question, clarifying that Town staff had considered the option in their decision and that Murdock Avenue\u2019s work would be done with other similar projects in 2027. Still, he promised to present further cost details to Council for review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents had also voiced concerns that the heavy machinery used to repair Murdock Avenue would cause damage to the streets paved in 2025 if Murdock\u2019s road work was performed at a later date. Ward 2 Councillor Rachel Gilliand asked Ramunno whether any damage to the surrounding streets would be patched when Murdock\u2019s work is done in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramunno reassured Council that Town planners work closely with contractors to prevent this, but stated, \u201cIf there is damage, then obviously we\u2019ll ensure that the contractor repairs any damage done to local streets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Council members expressed regret over the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI understand why these residents came forward and I\u2019m sorry we can\u2019t help them,\u201d said Ward 3 Councillor Wendy Gaertner. \u201cWe need to watch our money; we have a $3.5 million deficit in our repair and replacement plan. But the expectations of the residents are different.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillor Gilliand echoed Gaertner\u2019s sentiments, expressing disappointment that Murdock could not be added to the 2025 project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll of the dollars and cents were already allocated towards the ones in the worst shape possible, and this just happens to be one of those streets that are in that pecking order, unfortunately,\u201d she said. \u201cHowever, in 2027, it\u2019s already there. We know it\u2019s going to come in the budget. It\u2019s something that we know that has to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it stands, Murdock Avenue\u2019s long-awaited road work is set for 2027, with no changes expected to the timeline unless further decisions are made in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Selena Loureiro<\/strong><\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Murdock Avenue will be repaved in 2027 as planned, following a decision made at the January 28 Council meeting. The decision comes after a Pavement Rehabilitation Strategy report recommended that roadwork for the street be performed then. The report, prepared by Planning and Development Services, was based on a pavement assessment conducted in 2023. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-9jA","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-14 13:40:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35811,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35810\/revisions\/35811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}