Waterfront boardwalk in Ontario tourist town being re-built one section at a time [Video]

Cobourg’s iconic waterfront boardwalk will be re-built piece by piece and is expected to be installed this year.

The town’s boardwalk – which spans from Ontario Street to Hibernia Street, including north-south connections to Ontario Street, Bagot Street, and Durham Street – was constructed nearly 20 years ago and had reached its end-of-life, with council approving its reconstruction in 2023.

The new boardwalk will use pressure-treated wood materials for the decking and recycled plastic/composite materials for the substructure and is being built by town staff at the public works yard to reduce costs.

It will be installed in sections.

The next steps, starting in the coming weeks, will be to mark the alignment with stakes, remove the remaining vegetation and level out the ground where the new boardwalk, which will be constructed at-grade and widened to 12 feet to meet accessibility requirements, will be installed.

Native vegetation found in the path of the boardwalk during the …