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Road Rehabilitation and Preventative Maintenance

The County maintains more than 1,100 kilometres of roads, excluding private lanes and provincial roadways including Highway 62 and parts of Loyalist Parkway. Maintenance decisions are guided by provincial standards set out in the Ontario Minimum Maintenance Standards for Municipal Highways, O Reg 239/02. Each year, staff develop a road rehabilitation and maintenance plan and capital project budget, which Council reviews and approves. 

Learn more below about the techniques the County uses to improve roadways and extend the lifespan of these important infrastructure assets.

Double Surface Treatment

Road sections that are at or near complete failure must be fully rehabilitated. A low-cost option is to pulverize the road, re-grade with added granular and apply a double surface treatment. Some site works such as culvert replacements or ditching may be required depending on the project.

Project schedule

Phase 1 – Road Allowance Preparation (May – August)
Culvert replacements, minor ditching, brushing
Phase 2 – Road Surface Pulverization (June)
Road surface will be pulverized with grader and compactor following the operation
Phase 3 – Road Surface Preparation: Following pulverizing operations (June – August)
New granular material will be added to the pulverized surface with the grader and compactor
Phase 4 – Double Surface Treatment Application (August)
Two layers of surface treatment with a final layer of fog seal.

Road receiving double surface treatment in 2024:

  • Royal Road (Lighthall Road to County Road 10)
  • Bond Road (County Road 10 – west end to Civic Address 416)
  • Kaiser Road (County Road 8 to County Road 7)

Frequently Asked Questions

Double surface treatment is a cost effective and durable construction technique for roadways at or near the end of their lifespan.

After the road is pulverized and prepped, double surface treatment is applied. A uniform layer of asphalt emulsion is applied with a distributor truck followed by a spreading machine to apply a layer of cover aggregate. This is immediately followed by compaction machines / rollers to set the aggregate into the emulsion. This process is repeated to form the surface layer of the double surface treatment.

The municipality has included fog seal in the process for double surface treatment, which is applied after the top layer of surface treatment. A layer of hot emulsion is applied by a distributor truck followed by a spreader applying sand. The fog seal will set before opening to traffic. The fog seal will seal the road surfacing and help decrease stone loss.

Work will typically involve minimal amount of disruption to residents as all works are mobile operations. Driveways may be momentarily blocked during activity directly in front of your property.

During construction, the road will remain as a loose-top (gravel) surface for a period of time. This will result in more dust than experienced with your current hard-top (surface treatment) surface.

The municipality will take all reasonable measures to provide dust control during this time. Decreasing your driving speed will reduce the amount of dust created.

Road construction is permitted Monday-Friday (excluding holidays) between 7 am and 7 pm.

Weekend work will only be permitted for the contractor(s) with approval from the municipality. Notifications will be issued in this situation.

General Questions

Tanya Redden, Construction and Technical Services Supervisor, 613.476.2148 extension 4014 or email tredden@pecounty.on.ca

Single Surface Treatment

Single surface treatment (SST) is a preventative maintenance technique used on roads in good condition or those that have previously been double surface treated. SST preserves and reinforces the existing road surface, therefore extending its life expectancy, while also creating a new waterproof barrier and restoring the skid resistance on the roadway.

A uniform application of asphalt emulsion is sprayed on the existing road surface by a computerized distributor truck. A uniform layer of cover aggregate is then applied using a chip spreader machine. This is immediately followed by two rollers that set the aggregate into the asphalt emulsion. The aggregate will continue to set with warm weather and traffic volumes.

The road may have a granular appearance immediately following application; however, as it continues to set, the surface will turn darker. Line painting will be reinstated, where applicable, after that material has set sufficiently.

Single surface treatment application will take place in early summer and be completed by the end of July. Line painting will be reinstated, where applicable, after that material has set sufficiently.

Roads receiving single surface treatment in 2024:

  • Burr Road (Highway 62 to County Road 2)
  • Chuckery Hill Road (Coutnty Road 33 to Rosseau Crossroad)
  • County Road 17 (Civic Address 1331 to Civic Address 2179)
  • County Road 20 (County Road 33 to Civic Address 613)
  • County Road 38 (County Road 8 to end)
  • County Road 7 (Civic Address 1788 to Civic Address 3587)
  • Elizabeth Road (entire length)
  • Fennell Crescent (entire length)
  • Fish Lake Road (Norton Road to County Road 49)
  • Gilead Road (Matthie Road to County Road 2)
  • Kelly Road (Kings Road to Welbanks Road)
  • May Road (County Road 4 to County Road 1)
  • Partridge Hollow Road (County Road 33 to Stinson Block Road)
  • Pleasant Bay Road (County Road 33 to Bakker Road)
  • Swamp College Road (Baitleys Road to Danforth Road)
  • Valley Road (Highway 62 to County Road 19)

Frequently Asked Questions

Single surface treatment (SST) preserves and reinforces the existing road surface. SST extends the life of the road, delaying full reconstruction of the road by up to seven years. SST also creates a new waterproof barrier and restores the skid resistance on the
roadway.

SST does not cause significant disruptions for road users. A uniform application of an asphalt emulsion is sprayed on the existing road surface by a truck. A uniform layer of crushed stone (also known as “aggregate”) is applied using a spreader machine. Two rollers immediately set the aggregate into the asphalt mix. The aggregate will continue to set as the weather warms and vehicles travel the road. Immediately following this operation, a “fog seal” is applied. The fog seal is an extra layer of hot emulsion. Fog seal does require some time to set before opening to traffic. The new surface is also sanded before opening to traffic. Fog Seal helps hold the new surface together which will reduce dust and the loss of stone as vehicles travel the road.

It goes back to the old saying, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” The County is trying to get a few more years out of these roads before they fully deteriorate and need to be fully reconstructed.
Full reconstruction is extremely costly. It costs approximately $35,000 per kilometre for single surface treatment, while full
reconstruction of the same kilometre would cost approximately $155,000.
It’s the same idea as replacing the shingles on your house. Ideally, you want to replace the shingles on your house before they fail and leaks start to occur. Sure, you might have been able to get a few more years out of your old shingles. However, then you run the risk of spending even more money to fix the roof and other areas of your house because of leaks.

Please be patient. Stone may appear loose until it sets. The road is sanded after the fog seal and will wear off over time. The County will also do the line painting, where applicable, after the material has set sufficiently.

Work will typically involve minimal amount of disruption to residents as all works are mobile operations. Driveways may be momentarily blocked during activity directly in front of your property.

Road construction is permitted Monday-Friday (excluding holidays) between 7 am and 7 pm.

Weekend work will only be permitted for the contractor(s) with approval from the municipality. Notifications will be issued in this situation.

General Questions

Tanya Redden, Construction and Technical Services Supervisor, 613.476.2148 extension 4014 or email tredden@pecounty.on.ca

Micro Surfacing

Micro surfacing is a road rehabilitation technique used to extend the life of the roadway. The application of micro surfacing seals the road to prevent water from infiltrating the road base to reduce deterioration. The technique creates a road surface that is coarser texture for enhanced skid resistance and a safe wearing surface.

The micro surfacing process includes a mixture of materials (emulsified asphalt, aggregate, filler, water and additives) that are proportioned, mixed and spread with a specialized machine. Two lifts of micro surfacing will be completed on most roadways. Following a short curing period, traffic is provided access onto the new surface. 

Micro surfacing application will take place in early summer and be completed by the end of July. Line painting will be reinstated, where applicable, after that material has set sufficiently.

Roads receiving micro surfacing in 2024: 

  • County Road 18 (Civic Address 2102 to County Road 12)
  • County Road 33 (Civic Address 15087 to Civic Address 15490)
  • County Road 4 (Civic Address 725 to Civic Address 1119)
  • Ridge Road (County Road 10 to Civic Address 608)

Crack Sealing

Crack sealing is a preventative maintenance technique. Cracks are filled with flexible material that bonds to the existing asphalt and prevents the intrusion of water and debris into the crack, protecting the road from further deterioration. Studies have shown that 75 per cent of unsealed cracks develop into potholes within three years, while only 1 per cent of sealed cracks develop into potholes within three years.

Existing cracks are cleaned using compressed air. The filling material is heated in a kettle and injected into the cracks. Following the application, a barrier material is applied to prevent tracking and allows almost immediate access to traffic following the application. 

Crack sealing application will take place early summer and is expected to be completed by early July. Line painting will be refreshed shortly after the application of material. 

Please note that not all roads on this list may be completed in 2024 as the contract is based on an upset budget limit. Work will be done until this limit is reached.

Roads receiving crack sealing in 2024:

  • County Road 15 (Civic Address 2511 to County Road 49)
  • County Road 14 (Highway 62 to County Road 15/County Road 5)
  • County Road 33 (Bloomfield limit east of Civic Address 14726 to Slaven Road)
  • County Road 8 (County Road 17 to County Road 25)
  • County Road 1 (Civic Address 4258 to Civic Address 5065)
  • County Road 1 (Civic Address 5400 to County Road 33)
  • County Road 3 (County Road 28 to Civic Address 1460)
  • Union Road (Highway 62 to County Road 2)
  • Wilson Road (County Road 2 to Highway 62)
  • Danforth Road (Loyalist Parkway to Baitleys Road)