The city plans to resurface 65 streets this year, and major reconstruction will be done on nine other roads. The city's 2008 budget earmarked $69.5 million for road, bridge and sidewalk reconstruction and resurfacing.

This year's list of roadwork isn't expected to cause too much disruption to motorists. No major long-term road closures are expected, except for the ongoing closure of Creditview Road and Churchville Road for sewer work.

One short-term closure is coming up May 5 when a very short stretch of McVean Drive-- from Cottrelle Boulevard south to Huntspoint Drive-- will be off-limits as the Region of Peel does watermain work and installs two catch basins. The closure will last just three days, through May 8.

The only other road closures expected are already in effect: Creditview Road from Churchville Road to Eldorado Park has been closed for several weeks now and will not re-open until the end of the summer. The road is open to local traffic only as work continues on the Credit Valley Trunk Sewer project. The same trunk sewer project has Churchville Road shut down for the same time period from Steeles Avenue to Creditview Road.

The major road projects, which could cause limited lane reductions at times (through traffic will continue), are as follows:

* Wanless Road between McLaughlin Road and Hwy. 10-- road widening;

* Heritage Road from Steeles Avenue to the south city limit-- road widening including bridge over Hwy. 407 ETR;

* Castlemore Road between McVean Drive and Gore Road-- road widening including two bridges;

* Torbram Road between Countryside Drive and Sandalwood Parkway--road widening;

* Bramalea Road between Countryside Drive and Sandalwood Parkway-- road widening:

* Kennedy Road between Steeles Avenue and south city limit-- road widening, including bridge over Hwy. 407 ETR;

* Mayfield Road between Inder Heights Drive and Hwy. 410-- road widening;

* Mayfield Road between Hwy. 410 and Dixie Road-- road widening;

* Winston Churchill Boulevard between Steeles Avenue and Embleton Road-- utility relocation this year before road widening starts in 2009;

* Ebenezer Road between Regional Road 50 and Thorndale Road--road widening;

* Goreway Drive between Humberwest Pkwy. and Hwy. 407 ETR--road widening;

* Intersection of Torbram Road and Blue Diamond Drive-- intersection improvement;

* FCCC site internal road--road widening;

* Sandalwood Pkwy. between Hwy. 10 and Van Kirk Drive at the new Brampton Transit facility--intersection improvement;

* Hwy. 410 extension from Mayfield Road to Hwy. 10-- construction of interchange at Mayfield Road, with completion scheduled for the end of 2009;

* Mayfield Road and Hwy. 50, southwest corner- construction of a commuter carpool lot and bus terminal will start this fall.

The City of Brampton has a detailed list and map of road construction projects (city and region) planned for 2008, any expected road closures, and future road works that are in various stages of planning on its Web site at www.brampton.ca/roadworks/home.