Roads and Sidewalks

The Municipality of South Bruce Public Works Department is responsible for approximately 413 km of municipal roadway.  This includes approximately 174 km gravel, 65 km asphalt surfaces, 174 km tar and chip, and 41 bridge and culvert structures.

Learn about our Adopt-a-Road program, winter parking and maintenance and civic addressing.

Report a concern

The Municipality appreciates your help in reporting issues you observe with regards to our roads and streets.

Report a concern

You can also contact the Public Works department to report a concern.

Concerns include, but are not limited to:

• Streetlights that are not working or need repair
• Road sign missing or damaged
• Roadside litter and garbage dumping
• Dead animals and roadkill
• Potholes
• Debris on roads
• Mailbox damage from snowplow
• Winter operations
• Roadside ditching, drainage and culverts
• Overhead wires

Road management

The Ministry of Transportation encourages the municipalities in the small lower tier group to undertake a road management study every five years. Contact us to view our December 2020 Road Condition Assessment Report for more information.

Bridge/culvert structures

The Ministry of Transportation requires inspections of the Municipality’s bridges and culverts every two years as per O. Reg. 472/10. Contact us to view the 2022 Municipal Bridge Inspection Report for more information.

Driveway entrance permits

If you would like to add a new entrance or driveway to your property, you’ll need to apply for a driveway entrance permit.

Road permits

In order to protect our municipal infrastructure policies and permits have been developed to provide guidelines to control the construction within a municipal right-of-way:

• Road Occupancy Policy
• Road Occupancy Permit Application
• Oversize/Overweight Permit Application

Reduced load season

Make sure to follow our heavy load weight restrictions for all vehicles traveling on all municipal roads.

Mailbox Policy

For information on installation specifications, as well our policy regarding replacement of mailboxes due to damage by a snowplow view our Mailbox Policy.

Dust control

Dust control is usually applied to our gravel roads each spring between mid-May and late June. However, timing may be dependent on contractor availability and weather conditions.