Where construction will cause London drivers the most grief in 2018

They say Canada has two seasons: winter and construction.

On Tuesday, the City of London released a construction season preview: its list of the 10 biggest construction-related traffic snafus you can expect will give drivers grief in 2018. 

10. Talbot Street from Fullarton to Kent

What: City crews will be doing underground work, including new sanitary sewer lines, which will result in reduced lanes.

Cost: $1.5 million

9. Hamilton Road from Chelsea to Egerton

What: This stretch of road is due for new sewer lines and water main work and when it's done, crews will give the section brand new asphalt and sidewalks.

Cost: $4.1 million

8. Colonel Talbot Road from Commissioners Road to Diane Crescent

What: The city will install a new sanitary sewer along this section to provide for recent growth in the southwest corner of the city. The work will include new lines as well as a pump station that will be installed at the south end to take sewage flows from new development and push it toward Oxford Street. It means crews will have to dig up the full width of the road and drivers can expect a two month closure of Colonel Talbot from Southdale to Byron Baseline Roads. 

Cost: Not disclosed 

7. Wonderland Road at Highway 402 

What: City crews plan to upgrade an rural old section of Wonderland Road, adding two extra lanes to a stretch that crosses Highway 402 and Highway 401. 

Cost: $6.6 million 

6. Egerton from Dundas to the CN Rail tracks

What: Construction crews plan to dig up Egerton in order to give this section of roadway new sewer and water lines, when they're finished the roadway will be redone on top.

Cost: $5.8 million 

5. Wonderland, Wharncliffe, Bostwick Road area

What: Sanitary sewer lines will be installed in this area in order to service new development in the city's southwest end. 

Cost: $7.3 million 

4. York Street from the Thames River to Talbot Street

What: The city will conduct a sewer separation in this area. Currently storm water and sanitary sewers are twinned, but they will be separated in order to clean up the water being drained into the Thames and ensure the health of the river. The two lines are six metres below ground and will require some very deep digging in some locations, resulting in staged closures in the area. 

Cost: $6.97 million 

3. Main Street from Campbell Street to Dingman Creek

What: The city plans a major refit for this important route through Lambeth. There are plans to reduce the road from four lanes to three in order to add parking and give Main Street a facelift to make it look more like the Main Street of a small town.

Cost: $8.3 million 

2. Dundas Place from Ridout Street to Wellington Street

What: The two-year, $16-million project will see four blocks of Dundas Street — from Ridout Street to Wellington Road — transformed. The aim is to shift Dundas from a gritty commercial corridor into Dundas Place, a new streetscape with no curbs or gutters that city officials say will be a "people space" that will look like no other street in the city. 

Cost: $26.7 million 

1. Western/Wharncliffe Road widening

What: Construction crews have just finished a new rail bridge, now that it spans a larger area, the roadway underneath can be expanded to four lanes in order to eliminate one of London's biggest north/south bottlenecks. 

Cost: $8.03 million