Winnipeg Pedestrian and Cycling Strategies
Working with the City of Winnipeg, KGS Group created a comprehensive strategy to increase the use and safety of walking and cycling paths throughout Winnipeg. Utilizing extensive stakeholder and public consultation, we developed a vision for walking and cycling in Winnipeg. This strategy included identifying goals and objectives as well as creating over 100 short-, medium- and long-term action items to achieve them.
We also developed an implementation plan that prioritized infrastructure investments and established detailed direction for policy, infrastructure and programming towards implementing the vision.
This project was completed by MORR Transportation Consulting Ltd. prior to its acquisition by KGS Group.
Project Highlights
- Developing a community profile and conducting a current state of walking analysis
- Reviewing and summarizing pedestrian travel patterns
- Conducting stakeholder advisory meetings, open houses and workshops
- Developing the vision, goals, objectives and actions for improving walking as a mode choice
- Revising the City of Winnipeg’s pedestrian design guides and manuals
University of Manitoba Roadway Capital Improvement Program – Fort Garry Campus
A multi-year endeavour, the University of Manitoba’s Roadway Capital Improvement Program involved the renewal of an aging roadway network throughout the entire Fort Garry Campus. KGS Group was retained to reconstruct 6-lane‑kilometres of urban and rural roads to deliver a more durable, accessible and attractive public realm. The program integrated extensive streetscaping to enhance mobility and the campus experience for everyone.
KGS Group provided project management, design and contract administration with careful phasing to minimize disruption, combining geotechnical and topographic investigations with condition assessments to define repairs, optimize asphalt and concrete pavement structures, and align pathway routes to serve key campus destinations. KGS Group also delivered comprehensive underground utility renewal to improve reliability, serviceability and long‑term performance.
Project Highlights
- Reconstructed 6-lane‑km of urban and rural campus roadways
- Constructed 1.75 km multi‑use pathway
- Installed Broadway paver sidewalks to upgrade pedestrian corridors
- Planted street trees and installed custom benches
- Optimized asphalt and concrete pavement structures
- Relocated traffic signals and delivered campus signage plans to improve wayfinding and safety
- Renewed water mains and sanitary sewers
- Installed land drainage system to support urban trees and stormwater management
- Developed comprehensive renewal designs for water mains, sanitary sewer, land drainage with modular suspended pavement system, steam and condensate lines, chilled water and pre-cast utility trenching
Ottawa Road Safety Training
KGS Group created and delivered a 16-hour road safety training course to support one of the City of Ottawa’s Strategic Road Safety Action Plan goals of developing a road safety culture within the city. The course was delivered to staff over two days on 12 occasions between 2021 and 2025. A shortened version of the course was also prepared and presented to elected officials in 2023 and in 2024.
The course included training on road safety strategies, systems and data, drivers and age-related diminished capabilities, vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists), large trucks and road safety, network screening, diagnosis of safety problems and selection of countermeasures
This project was completed by MORR Transportation Consulting Ltd. prior to its acquisition by KGS Group.
Project Highlights
- Created and delivered a comprehensive road safety training course
- Delivered to staff on 12 occasions between 2021 and 2025
- Created a shortened version of the course and presented to elected officials
Emerson Port-of-Entry
To improve security and efficiency at the Port of Emerson, the Canada Border Services Agency wanted to shift commercial inspections to a dedicated area separate from passenger traffic. In collaboration with Verne Reimer Architects, KGS Group delivered municipal and transportation design and construction support for $4.5 million in site works.
The project included design and construction support for three primary inspection lanes, a four-lane thoroughfare, staff parking lot, commercial parking lot, commercial loading bay, site grading, building services, land drainage system and highway signage.
Coordinated with Manitoba Infrastructure and the North Dakota Department of Transportation, the project improves traffic processing by diverting commercial vehicles from North Dakota Interstate 29 through CBSA‘s commercial facility, rejoining Manitoba Highway 75 north of the port. This project establishes the Port of Emerson as Manitoba’s first Free and Secure Trade (FAST) port, expediting border processing for participants registered to the program.
Project Highlights
- Designed three primary inspection lanes, four‑lane thoroughfare, parking lots and a loading bay
- Improved drainage with a new land drainage system
- Supported the establishment of Manitoba’s first Free and Secure Trade (FAST) port to expedite processing for registered participants
City of Winnipeg Reduced Speed Limit Pilot Study
KGS Group worked with the City of Winnipeg to conduct a one-year speed limit reduction pilot project in four different neighbourhoods across the city. We evaluated the impact of reduced speed limits on residential roads and the impact of lower speed limits on neighbourhood liveability.
The scenario analysis considered a speed limit reduction of a particular magnitude. These scenarios were evaluated based on travel time, perceived safety, perceived liveability, expected collision reduction, ease of implementation and expectancy. Based on the results of the scenario analysis and the public engagement, a recommended speed limit for local streets and minor collectors was provided to the City of Winnipeg for consideration.
This project was completed by MORR Transportation Consulting Ltd. prior to its acquisition by KGS Group.
Project Highlights
- A comprehensive review of national and international literature
- A jurisdictional scan
- Analysis of historical speed study data
- Design of a data collection program for the four pilot neighbourhoods
- Stakeholder and public engagement
- Design and application of a scenario analysis
Brady Road Resource Management Facility Road Renewals
KGS Group was retained by the City of Winnipeg for preliminary design, detailed design and contract administration services to complete the asphalt reconstructions of Charette Road and Payette Road. This project included 2,590 metres of 2-lane asphalt roadway with improved ditch drainage, French drain cutoffs and culvert installations within the Brady Road Resource Management Facility.
Our designs included a robust pavement structure, drainage improvements (ditch cleanout, grading, French drains and culvert replacement), utility relocations (underground plant and pole structure relocations) and improved geometry assessed through vehicular swept-path analysis. In addition to this, we provided a comprehensive traffic management plan to ensure continual use of the facility during construction.
The result is a permanent, heavy-duty driving surface for residential, commercial and operational users to safely access the Brady Road Resource Management Facility.
Project Highlights
- Preliminary design, detailed design and contract administration services to complete the asphalt reconstructions of Charette Road and Payette Road
- Coordination with agencies, utilities and Manitoba Hydro
- The reconstructed roads reduced dust and mud issues, while extending the road life under heavy loads
- The design included ditch drainage improvements, utility relocations and improved geometry of the road