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Selkirk’s Capital Asset Management Program (CAMP)

Like many cities in Canada, Selkirk is facing challenges of continuing to deliver urban services to its citizens with aging infrastructure. Construction and maintenance costs for roads, pipes, facilities and other infrastructure continues to grow much faster than the rate of inflation. Selkirk developed CAMP to address these challenges.

Over time, CAMP will help Selkirk improve the quality of our infrastructure at the lowest cost possible. It will help us extend the life of our infrastructure, improve the quality of services we provide, and reduce the long-term financial impacts to our taxpayers.

What is CAMP?

It’s an integrated system of processes that brings together skilled people, leading practices, and high-quality information about a community’s infrastructure and finances. These processes help the city make better, more sustainable decision related to infrastructure:

  • Capital Projects
  • Maintenance
  • Renewal
  • Operating
  • Replacement
  • Disposal

Spending $1 on preventative road maintenance during the first three quarters of the road’s estimated lifespan can save us $6 to $10 in costs later in the road’s life.

Why CAMP?

CAMP is helping us deliver municipal services in a responsible manner by:

  • Improving the condition of existing infrastructure.
  • Keeping taxes low by extending the life of our infrastructure and offering new, more cost-effective ways of operating and maintaining it.
  • Keeping taxes low in the future, by ensuring we can plan for the long-term and to take steps today to reduce future costs.

2026 Infrastructure Projects

Road and Sidewalk Renewals

An asphalt overlay, curb replacement, and sidewalk renewal will be done on the 600 block of McLean Avenue, while an asphalt replacement will be completed on Morrison Avenue between Montgomery and Eveline.

Replacement of curbs and asphalt surface as well as sidewalk renewal will take place on the 600 block of Vaughan Avenue, the 700 block of McLean Avenue and the 400 block of Queen Avenue.

The existing sidewalk in the 300 block of Greenwood will also be replaced.

Watermain Renewal

Watermain renewal on three blocks of Main Street between Sinclair and Sutherland and Toronto and Rosser will take place, with the city replacing a cast iron pipe that was put in in 1914. Sections along Main have been upsized over the years and with this summer’s work, there will be new pipe from Rosser to Sinclair.

The existing four-inch pipe will be replaced with a larger 10-inch PVC pipe to increase capacity. This upgrade will improve fire flow to better serve larger buildings and areas where buildings are located closer together.

Urban Tree Canopy

In 2026, the city will be planting 1,000 trees on boulevards in Selkirk, increasing the city’s boulevard tree population by 28%.

The project represents an investment of $1.6 million into Selkirk’s tree canopy, but 94% is being funded through grants. Because of the grants received, Selkirk is making these enhancements to the canopy at just six cents on the dollar.  

The benefits of trees in a community are many, including improving mental and physical health, cooling air, reducing energy consumption, encouraging traffic calming, providing shade, enriching biodiversity, managing stormwater, improving air quality, mitigating climate change and increasing property values.

Tree planting is set to take place in the following areas in Selkirk in 2026:

  • 2025 replants — various locations
  • Catherine Bay between Mercy and Dorothy Bay
  • Clandeboye Avenue between Eveline and Main
  • Creekside Boulevard between Pearson and Annie
  • Dufferin Avenue between the Waterfront and Sophia
  • Greenwood Avenue between Main and First
  • Greenwood Avenue between Sophia and Easton
  • Main Street between Heap and Vaughan
  • Manchester Avenue between Main and Mercy
  • McLean Avenue between Eveline and Jemima
  • McLean Avenue between Sophia and Mercy
  • Mercy Street between Greenwood and Sutherland
  • Mercy Street between Sinclair and Pittsburg
  • Morris Avenue between Eveline and Mercy
  • Nelson Avenue between Sutherland and Mercy
  • Outhwaite Drive
  • Pacific Avenue between Eveline and Mercy
  • Queen Avenue between Eveline and Jemima
  • Reid Avenue between Eveline and Main
  • Robinson Avenue between Eveline and Sophia
  • Rosser Avenue Jemima and Sophia
  • Selkirk Avenue between Main and Jemima
  • Stanley Avenue between Sophia and Mercy
  • Strathnaver Avenue between Main and Mercy
  • Superior Avenue between Main and Sophia
  • Sveinson Street
  • Tait Street between Reid and Strathnaver
  • Taylor Avenue between Main and Sophia
  • Toronto Avenue between Sophia and Mercy
  • Vaughan Avenue between the railroad tracks and Annie Street

Maintaining Our Infrastructure

As part of CAMP, the city does annual inspections of road surfaces, hydrants, playgrounds, sports fields, all fleet, parking lots and other assets in a scheduled rotation.

Potholes are assessed as they are filled, and they are marked and monitored to see if there is a recurring problem.

A detailed assessment of all city sidewalks is conducted every three years and the city does targeted panel-by-panel repairs to areas that are well-damaged or deteriorated.

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