Roads Maintenance Policy ROADS-12 Winter Maintenance - Standards of Service
Grand Valley, Ontario
· No. ROADS-12
· adopted 2012-02-14
· summary & facts
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SECTION
SUB-SECTION
SUBJECT
ROADS MAINTENANCE
WINTER MAINTENANCE
STANDARDS OF SERVICE
POLICY #
ROADS-12-
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EFFECTIVE
DATE Feb.
14,2012
APPROVAL
Township of East Luther Grand Valley Motion # 2O12-02-12
PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy is to provide operational guidelines for winter roads maintenance standards
of service.
STATEMENT
Our Works Department objective is to provide the best winter maintenance possible while at the
same time balancing available resources and the diverse range of winter weather conditions that may
arise. We recognize Ontario Regulation 239102 under the Ontario Municipal Act entitled 'Minimum
Maintenance Standards for Municipal Highways' as the basis for roads standards. lt is our wish to
consistently provide a greater level of maintenance service to the roads network under our care and
control.
Understand that many factors play a role in the success of our winter roads maintenance program.
These may include: amounts of types of precipitation, air and ground temperatures, wind speed and
direction, sunlight, shade cover, topography, traff ic patterns and volumes, available manpower,
equipment and materials. As you can see, the complexity and variety of conditions encountered can
cause substantial variations in the levels of service provided.
ROADWAY SURFACE CONDITIONS
Considering the statement above, the surface objective on municipally controlled roads is this:
Level of Service
Surface Condition
Road Classification
Center Bare
Attempt to attain bare 2,5m
center section of pavement
within 24 hrs. after conclusion
of storm event
Class4-6pavements
Attempt to attain plowed, but
snow packed condition within
24 hrs. after conclusion of
storm event
Snow Packed
Class4-6gravel roads
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