City of Corner Brook Construction Projects

Paving is an essential part of the City’s scheduled annual maintenance work for its roads and streets. Paving projects generally involve phases of work where traffic may be impacted for shorter durations, but roads remain open.

Repaving a road involves the following steps:

1. The milling process. Milling is done by a large machine that grinds the top surface off the old asphalt. This ensures that when new asphalt is added, the road maintains the same height and matches adjacent curbs, driveways and intersections.
2. Repair and adjust manhole covers. This is a crucial step done by hand to protect the integrity of the finished project.
3. Line painting and, when needed, adding crushed rock on the shoulders. These steps all must follow in a specific sequence at just the right time to give a durable and smooth finished product.
4. Paving day. The trucks first spray 'tack' as a type of treatment that helps new pavement bond to the existing pavement.
5. An asphalt spreader places the asphalt in a consistent thickness and width and compacts the asphalt.
6. Rollers travel behind to seal the surface.

After milling, crews must repair and adjust manhole covers. This is a crucial step that must be done by hand to protect the integrity of the finished project and avoid premature failure of the pavement.

Paving can only be done under the right conditions – the surface must be clean, dry and the right temperature before a new coat of asphalt can go on.

When choosing locations to pave, the City considers how long ago a road was paved, the condition (patches, cracks, and potholes) as well as rutting that can create unsafe conditions for drivers.

The City carefully plans for paving projects to ensure the best roads we can provide while continuing to work within approved budgets. To do this, we work with qualified contractors sourced by competitive bidding to do much of the work.

Total Cost of the 2024 Paving Program: $3,465,585.95