ROADS

Municipal Garage: 564 Garage Road


Roads Supervisor: Keith McCoy

705-382-5982

roads@armourtownship.ca


The Roads Department constructs and maintains municipal roads and bridges, which involves grading, repairing and improving road and bridge structures, maintaining signs, culverts, ditches and shoulders, snow clearing and sanding in the winter months and dust control and grading during the rest of the year. 


Roads maintenance is ongoing throughout the year. With about 132 kms of roads in the Township, it takes many hours for our equipment to work over the entire system. In a winter storm event, our roads crew is out on the job. Please be patient, we will get to your road as soon as we can. The Clerk Administrator is appointed by Council and is responsible for the management of all of the municipality's business functions. The Clerk Administrator works within the by-laws and policies/procedures approved by Council to make certain that all services and programs operate smoothly and meet the expectations of Council and the community.


Armour Roads Garage

REMINDER: PARKING & SNOW REMOVAL

Citizens are reminded that Section 170 (12) of the Highway Traffic Act prohibits the parking or standing of vehicles on any road when it will interfere with winter operations. Citizens are also reminded that Section 181 of the Highway Traffic Act prohibits any person from depositing snow or ice on a public roadway. This would include the placing of snow on roads to accommodate snowmobiles or skiing activities.


   

LOAD RESTRICTIONS

In effect from March 1 to May 30th, unless posted otherwise under Public Notices on our Website, as a means to try to protect the integrity of the roads during the spring thaw. The Township of Armour monitors thaw progression by utilizing the forecast temperature data from Environment Canada and Weather Network to calculate the Thaw Index. When the Thaw Index reaches its threshold value, the load restrictions are imposed. Depending on the progression of the spring thaw, restrictions can come into effect quickly, sometimes with only a few days’ notice. 

   

Please keep this time period in mind if you are planning to get your load of logs or building supplies delivered to your property in the spring. Once the pavement strength has been restored, the load restrictions are removed.

     


ROAD HAZARDS

If you are aware of a road hazard (i.e. a missing stop sign, dangerous washout or dead deer on the road), please notify us at 705-382-3332, during office hours (Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) After office hours, please call 705-382-5982 and leave a message (time, date and nature of emergency).



ROAD ALLOWANCES

Road allowances refer to allowances originally laid out for roads by a Crown surveyor, including both road allowances shown on an original township survey and road allowances shown along the water in a plan of subdivision. Road allowances are generally 66 feet in width.


Road allowances made by the Crown surveyors that are located in municipalities and road allowances, highways, streets and lanes shown on a registered plan of subdivision, are identified in Section 26 of the Municipal Act, (2001) as highways - unless they have been closed. A highway is owned by the municipality that has jurisdiction over it, subject to any rights reserved by a person who dedicated the highway or any interest in the land held by any other person (s. 30) With some exceptions, as further specified in the Municipal Act (2001), a local municipality has jurisdiction over,


  • all road allowances located in the municipality that were made by the Crown surveyors;
  • all road allowances, highways, streets and lanes shown on a registered plan of subdivision; and
  • a municipality may by bylaw, assume an unopened road allowance made by the Crown surveyors and all road allowances, highways, streets and lanes shown on a registered plan of subdivision for public use.

ROADS APPLICATIONS AND FORMS

Permit to Entrances/Culverts
Application for Civic Address
Deposit Material on Private Property
Roads Maintenance Request
Property Access Permission
Over-Dimensional/Overweight Permit
Shore & Road Allowance Closing

ROAD MAINTENANCE

The Township of Armour continually improves and maintains its roads to keep travellers safe. During winter, spring, summer and fall, the Roads Department staff carry out various activities to extend the years of the Municipality’s roadways and assets. The Municipality is focused on ensuring the existing road network meets the needs of all users in a safe, efficient, sustainable and environmentally friendly manner.

Road Maintenance

ROAD AND STORM WATER MAINTENANCE

By removing garbage and digging ditches, we make sure that water is able to flow freely through ditches and culverts along the roadway. Keeping these storm water controls free of debris means less flooding during heavy rains.



ROADSIDE MAINTENANCE

Other roadside maintenance includes tree trimming when branches block traffic, fixing/replacing signs, and shoulder levelling, which smoothes out gravel shoulders in uneven areas.



ROADWAY MAINTENANCE

Road sweeping, filling in pot holes, grading, calcium treatment, watering for dust treatment and compaction, grinding out roadway rutting, and mending larger patch areas of pavement all take place after the winter to keep Armour’s roads smooth for travel.

     



MINIMUM STANDARDS / POLICIES

Maintenance of municipal roadways is a year round activity. During the winter, we have an experienced crew in charge of snow removal and sanding/salting. The frequency of winter road clearing is dependent on a number of factors including anticipated snowfall accumulation rates within a given period of time. Our winter roads clearing staff regularly work Monday to Friday, but road conditions are monitored through patrolmen throughout the weekend and crews are called in during periods of heavy accumulation over the weekends in accordance with policy.


During the warmer weather, our dedicated team of workers can be seen leveling out the gravel roads with the grader, repairing the surfaces of hard topped roads as they wear, ditching for storm water drainage, cleaning out culverts, mowing and brushing the road sides, providing dust control, repairing shoulders, maintaining bridges and catch basins, road sweeping in designated areas and overall providing professional traffic control at all road construction sites. Calcium chloride for dust control is applied to gravel roads, usually starting in late May.


The Minimum Maintenance Standards (O.Reg. 239/02) includes road standards for all seasons and road conditions. The Township of Armour roads are all under Classification No. 5.

LOAD RESTRICTIONS ON TOWNSHIP BRIDGES

Structural evaluations were performed on the following four (4) bridges in the Township of Armour in order to determine their load-carrying capacity:

  • Pickerel and Jack Lake Road Bridge

    No. 4 - Pickerel and Jack Lake Road Bridge

    Road/Water Course - Pickerel and Jack Lake Road



    Single lane 9.7 m long single span concrete T-beam rigid frame bridge.


    Structural Evaluation indicates that bridge can't safely support full Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code (CHBDC) traffic loads and that triple load posting of 29, 21 and 11 tonnes is required.

  • North Pickerel Lake Road Bridge

    No. 6 - North Pickerel Lake Road Bridge

    Road/Water Course - North Pickerel Lake Road



    Single lane 10 m long single span concrete T-beam rigid frame bridge.


    Structural Evaluation indicates that bridge can't safely support full Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code (CHBDC) traffic loads and that triple load posting of 29, 21 and 11 tonnes is required.

  • Horn Lake Road Bridge

    No. 8 - Horn Lake Road Bridge

    Road/Water Course - Horn Lake Road



    Single lane 18.45 m long three span concrete T-beam rigid frame bridge.


    Structural Evaluation indicates that bridge can't safely support full Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code (CHBDC) traffic loads and that triple load posting of 22, 16 and 8 tonnes is required.

  • East Road Bridge

    No. 10 - East Road Bridge 

    Road/Water Course - East Road 



    Single lane 18.2 m long three span concrete T-beam rigid frame bridge.


    Structural Evaluation indicates that bridge can't safely support full Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code (CHBDC) traffic loads and that triple load posting of 23, 16 and 8 tonnes is required.

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