Among the larger capital ticket items coming in at more than $1 million next year, the City of Whitehorse is planning to spend cash on:

• The reconstruction of Takhini North, budgeted at $9 million. It's expected residents will pay, over a 15 -year period, for a portion of the work on the water and sewer lines in the neighbourhood through a local improvement charge.

A further $1.1 million is expected to be spent in 2010, along with $3 million to develop a new area of the neighbourhood the same year.

• A new firehall at $8.7 million next year, with another $1.7 million to be spent in 2010.

• Sewage treatment at the Yukon River outfall for $4.3 million.

• Landscaping along the riverfront from Strickland to Ogilvie streets at $1.8 million.

Broken down by department, proposed 2009 capital projects include:

• $45,190 in bylaw for portable traffic lights that can be used when there's a power outage.

• $17 million in engineering which includes the work in Takhini North and the sewage treatment along with less expensive work that would see the Hamilton Boulevard extension work continue ($875,000), country residential roads chipsealed ($300,000), repairs to the Robert Campbell Bridge to Riverdale ($575,000), well upgrades ($310,000), Selkirk well development ($920,000) and a number of other projects.

• $135,000 in environment work between relocating part of the Millennium Trail that's eroding near the Yukon River intake at a cost of $75,000 and work on the Solid Waste Action Plan at $60,000.

• $155,000 for finance - $30,000 for new office furniture and $125,000 on a financial system the city's been working on where it looks at its assets.

• $233,000 on the fire department that will see the purchase and upgrade of equipment, including rescue at $10,000, an upgrade of breathing apparatus equipment at $100,000, high-angle rescue at $30,000, hose-winding and loading equipment at $10,000, vehicle stabilization at $6,500, fire hydrant upgrades at $65,000 and hydraulic rescue tools at $12,000.

• $1 million for information systems with the funds going to computers ($400,000), communications ($80,000) and the ERP system ($550,000).

• Close to $9.7 million on maintenance and safety services, with the major expense being the new firehall, along with $250,000 to buy a new handibus, another $250,000 for a mobile sweeper and $200,000 for dump trucks among other expenses.

• $567,000 for parks and recreation, with much of that - $300,000 - going to the expansion of Grey Mountain Cemetery.

Another $50,000 would be spent on a water system for the cemetery, while $85,000 would go to implementing the city's new trail plan and $45,000 would be spent on replacing playground equipment.

The remainder of the capital funds would be spent at the Canada Games Centre on items like a new child play area, lockers, a blade sharpener for the Zamboni and other equipment.

• $2 million on planning for the riverfront landscaping and another $275,000 on the Shipyards Park heritage and landscaping plan.

• $1.4 million on public works, with the major items there being a $400,000 emacerator for the Porter Creek Flush Tank, $260,000 on sidewalk upgrades and $150,000 on improvements at the landfill. A number of other projects are outlined for public works as well.