Department Plan

Department Structure

Legislated Standards

The following list of legislated standards represent the majority of governing principals that the Public Works Department works under:

• Municipal Act, SO 2001

• Minimum Maintenance Standard (MMS) O.Reg. 239/2

• Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8

• North Perth By-laws and Policies (Winter, Traffic, Development Guidelines etc.)

• County of Perth Official Plan

• Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

• Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, 2000, c.5

• Provincial Policy Statement, 2020

• Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)

2022 Review and 2023 Outlook

2022 Review

The 2022 operating year followed planned objectives with standard maintenance and construction activities on both rural and urban roadways of the municipality.

Rural hard-top road widening continued where existing asphalt width of 6.5 to 6.8 metres are widened to 7.0 metres minimum, with shoulder widths not less than .75 meters. Significant resources are used to widen the platform of the road where fill is brought in and the reestablishing of ditches as well as topsoil and seed work is conducted. An average of 1