April 2024: Construction Update Notice

Construction works are continuing at the Scully-St. Mark’s Pump Station Replacement and Riverside Drive East Reconstruction Project. Works currently include the installation of steel sheet pile shoring at the Scully Pump Station site (13968 Riverside Drive) to facilitate the construction of the new pump station. This work is expected to take approximately 2-3 weeks (weather permitting). When completed, road closures will come into effect to facilitate pump station excavation works which are anticipated to begin in early May 2024. Traffic detour signage will be installed to close Riverside Drive between Grant Avenue and St. Mark’s Road, with the exception of local traffic. East-west commuter traffic will be detoured away from using Riverside Drive East between Manning Road and Brighton Road and to instead use Tecumseh Road East. Please see here for the full construction detour route.

Please be advised Scully Beach Park and St. Mark’s Beach Park are closed from public access for the duration of this project. Nearby residents and pedestrians requiring access within the project limit are advised to exercise caution and follow all posted signage accordingly. For more information on this project, please see below.

Project Overview

This project marks Phase 1 of Tecumseh's Climate Change and Flooding Resiliency Project funded in part by the Government of Canada through the Disaster and Mitigation Adaptation Fund (DMAF).

The Town is providing an upgrade to a component of the regional stormwater infrastructure located in the St. Clair Beach area, along Riverside Drive between Grant Avenue and St. Mark's Road. The Scully Pump Station and St. Mark's Pump Station will be replaced by a consolidated pump station with increased capacity to help mitigate the risks of flooding for the service area.

To see how this project may affect your daily commute, please see the Road Closures and Traffic Detours section. 

For location and further details regarding this project, see the Project Limit Map or Project Details section, or the Frequently Asked Questions section. 

Project Limit Map
Riverside Drive between Grant Avenue and Arlington Boulevard

This page provides the following information as it relates to:

Project Details
The work involves replacement of both pump stations into a consolidated Scully-St. Mark's Storm Pump Station located at the Scully Beach Park site (13698 Riverside Drive East). This project will also include installation of new trunk storm sewer along Riverside Drive, between Grant Avenue and Arlington Boulevard and upgraded shoreline protection works at both the Scully Beach Park site and St. Mark's Beach Park site. 

The work includes the following:
  • Decommissioning of the existing Scully Storm Pump Station located at 13698 Riverside Drive East
  • Decommissioning of the existing St. Mark's Storm Pump Station located at 13770 Riverside Drive East
  • Construction of a newly consolidated Scully-St. Mark's Storm Pump Station at the existing Scully Storm Pump Station site. 
  • Installation of approximately 500 meters of Trunk Storm sewer along Riverside Drive East, between Grant Avenue and Arlington Boulevard
  • Shoreline protection upgrades at the new Scully-St. Mark's Storm Pump Station site
Staging of Work
This project will be completed in two stages.
  1. Expected completion by Fall 2024, Stage 1 will include the pump station works at 13698 Riverside Drive (Scully Beach Park) and 13770 Riverside Drive (St. Mark's Beach Park). 
  2. Commencing late Summer/early Fall 2024 and completion in Spring 2025, Stage 2 will involve the road reconstruction and trunk sewer installation on Riverside Drive East within the project limit (Grant Avenue to Arlington Boulevard). 
Road Closures and Traffic Detours

The following traffic detour and associated signage will come into effect once excavation begins at the Scully Beach park site (13698 Riverside Drive East), expected early May 2024 and to continue until Spring 2025.

Riverside Drive from Grant Avenue to St. Mark's Road will be closed, with the exception of local traffic. Signage will be posted to detour east-west commuter / through  traffic away from the project area and to instead use Tecumseh Road East between Manning Road and Brighton Road. This detour route helps avoid excessive traffic within the project limit with heavy construction traffic anticipated. 

Below you can find some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the project.

What is a pump station?

A pump station is a facility that pumps sewage (storm or sanitary) to an outfall where it can be safely released or treated. They are very common in areas where flow of sewage by gravity is challenging due to low-lying areas. They can also be understood as a barrier between the outfall and local components of a sewage system, holding water from re-entering the system. 

Considering the local region of Windsor-Essex is relatively flat, pump stations play a key role in the conveyance of sewage within the Town. 
Why is this project important?

Phase 1 of Tecumseh’s DMAF project marks a significant progression towards increasing the level service of the Town storm water infrastructure system in the St. Marks and Scully Pump Station service area. Before surface flooding solutions can be administered on the local level, regional surface flooding solutions must be prioritized to facilitate these upgrades. In other words, before storm sewers can be upgraded to improve local capacity, regional storm water components (including storm water pump stations) that handle these sewer capacities must first be upgraded accordingly. 
What is the benefit to the community?

Completion of Phase 1 will provide increased pumping capacity (6 times more than that of the existing) of the Scully/St. Marks Storm Pump Station and increased conveyance capacity from the Pump Station by installation of a new storm trunk sewer on Riverside Drive East. This is a crucial step in enhancing the level of service provided in the Scully/St. Marks Storm Pump Station catchment area, as it enables completion of local storm sewer upgrades for this area in the future.