Statistics & Capital Projects

Public Works Statistics

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The Public Works Department maintains approximately 1200 square kilometers:

• 528 kilometers of roads
  • 62 km of Class 4 roads
  • 353 km of Class 5 roads
  • 113 km of Class 6 roads
• 427 kilometers of gravel roads
• 101 kilometers of paved roads
• 1,000 kilometers of ditches, approximately
• 60 kilometers of sidewalks, approximately

Roads currently maintained by the MTO

• Highway 17, 2.2 km of Class 2
• Highway 64, 1.6 km of Class 3

Services

• Snow removal
• Plowing
• Street sanding
• Pot hole maintenance
• Patrolling
• Street light repairs 
• Sidewalk maintenance

 

Inspections and deployment of services are based on Road Classification and the Ontario Regulation 239/02: Maintenance Standards for Municipal Highways. Here are some relevant guidelines set by the regulation:

Patrolling Frequency

Class of Highway	Patrolling Frequency
1	3 times every 7 days
2	2 times every 7 days
3	once every 7 days
4	once every 14 days
5	once every 30 days
6	no applicable standard

 

Snow Accumulation – Roadways

Class of Highway	Depth	Time
1	2.5 cm	4 hours
2	5 cm	6 hours
3	8 cm	12 hours
4	8 cm	16 hours
5	10 cm	24 hours
6	no applicable standard

 

Ice Formation Prevention

Class of Highway	Time
1	6 hours
2	8 hours
3	16 hours
4	24 hours
5	24 hours
6	no applicable standard

 

Treatment of Icy Roadways

Class of Highway	Time
1	3 hours
2	4 hours
3	8 hours
4	12 hours
5	16 hours
6	no applicable standard

 

 

Public Works Capital Projects 2018

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Asphalt Resurfacing

• Dutrisac Rd. (#484 Dutrisac to Promenade du Lac)
• Garden Village Rd. (pending funding)
• Legault Rd. (235 meters pending development)
• Nipissing (Second to Third)
• Railway (Nipissing to Main)
• Sabourin Rd. (East of Hwy 64 x 146 meters)
• Principal E (arena to D/E)
• Telesphore
• Bay St. (115 meters at Pembroke St)
• Bay St. from #120 to Leblanc
• Leblanc Rd., Lalande Rd., Fort Rd. up to the museum

 

Granular "A" Resurfacing

• Golf Course Rd.
• Laplage
• Laroque Rd.
• Sabourin (310m to De Letang)
• Salter (Dutrisac to Golf Course)
• Muskasung Rd. (turn around expansion)

 

Sidewalks

• Hwy 17 (Coursol to No Frills)
• Principal E
• Waterfront Dr.

 

Large Diameter Culverts 

• Dover crt. (DI C/B and cross culvert)
• Kipling West
• North Shore
• Roberts
• Sunny Ridge (Hughey Drain)
• Trottier (Hafeli drain)

 

Bridge Repairs

• Duck Creek
• Nature's Trail (on hold)
• other miscellaneous repairs identified in reports

 

Brushing/Ditching

• Booth Rd.
• Lalande Rd.
• Levert Dr.
• Malette
• Munroe
• Old Hwy 17
• Olivier
• Patenaude
• Pike Lake
• St-Amour