Seasonal Maintenance

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The Township of Wellington North is responsible for the maintenance of 373 kilometres of roads including 50 main culverts and 43 bridge structures. We annually use approximately 5,600 tonnes of sand (including approximately 700 tonnes of recycled sand) and 500 tonnes of salt. The Township is committed to providing safe roads for the traveling public during the winter season. The Township tries to utilize methods that are efficient, economical and environmentally friendly to achieve this goal.

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The Township is responsible for implementing a winter control program to clear all roads. This includes snow, sleet and freezing rain, and may require sand and salt to be applied to the road surface. Transportation Services staff make every effort to ensure the Township roads are adequately cleaned to provide safe travel to all with a special focus on the morning commuting times.
The Township also performs snow removal on the sidewalks. During heavy overnight snowfalls and extreme weather conditions, snow will be allowed to accumulate until the storm ends before snow removal begins.
Disposal of snow on Township roads
As per the Highway Traffic Act (Section 181) no person shall deposit snow or ice on a roadways without permission in writing to do so from the Ministry or the local authority responsible for the maintenance of the road
The Township may also be required to remove snow from time to time in the downtown cores when snow banks become too high for passengers to exit the vehicle, walking over snow banks is difficult or snow is filling in the parking areas.
Basketball and hockey nets must be stored off the road allowance.
Winter Road Maintenance Information (PDF)
The Salt Management Plan is intended to set out a policy and procedural framework for ensuring that Wellington County and its member municipalities continuously improve on the effective delivery of winter maintenance services and the management of road salt used in winter maintenance operations, as outlined in the Code of Practice for the Environmental Management of Road Salts.
Salt Management Plan (PDF)

Seasonal Maintenance

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Arthur Township - Public Works Facility

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