Brine, corn, and shrubs improve your drive
- Before adverse winter weather arrives, Peel’s road crews are out to prepare the roads. We apply liquid salt called brine so precipitation doesn’t freeze onto roads. When snow accumulates, our plows get out to scrape snow off the pavement and salt is then added to prevent freezing/ice on the road.
- We clear snow to a bare pavement standard. Why? Regional roads carry large volumes of traffic and are important for business. Regional Council adopted this high standard to support your drive, deliveries and emergency services with safe and timely travel.
- We pay farmers to keep some rows of corn standing over the winter to act as a snow fence. This reduces blowing snow, spinouts, salt use and re-plowing.
- Beautifying your property helps our roads! Our Living Snow Fence program provides free plantings which, as they grow, help reduce snow that blows across the roads. Plus, you get nice landscaping out of it. Do you qualify?
- The Region clears and maintains 1,666 lane kilometres of Regional Roads. Which roads are Regional? All other roads are serviced by your local municipality and the Province services highways.
Remember, please stay back and give our salters and plows space to work.
