Timmins Connecting Link project

project in planning

The Connecting Link is a main artery that runs through the heart of Timmins with a traffic count in excess of 30,000 vehicles per day. It starts in the East in the community of Porcupine and ends in the West at Kamiskotia Road for a total length of just under 21km. It consists of sections with 2 lane and 4 lane roadways with both urban and rural areas.Due to an increase in passenger, heavy logging and mine truck traffic the Connecting Link is in poor condition. The underground infrastructure in many areas has also reached its useful service life and is in need of replacement. Because of the current condition of the Connecting Link, the City of Timmins in the winter of 2014 undertook a Preliminary Design Study, awarded to AECOM, of Highway 101 Connecting Link from Kamiskotia Road in the West end of Timmins to the ONR railway crossing in Porcupine in the East end of Timmins.