Clearing snow and ice around the clock
Our Road Operations crews are ready to clear Regional roads and ensure safe driving conditions.
Winter road safety is a top priority in Peel.
Peel Region’s Road Operations crews clear and maintain close to 1,700 kilometres of roads serviced by Peel Region (Regional roads).
Road operations include:
- Clearing snow and maintaining the lanes on Regional roads.
- Salting roads as required.
- Helping local municipalities remove snow to support all forms of travel such as walking, cycling, and transit.
The cities of Brampton and Mississauga own and maintain all sidewalks within their municipal borders. The Town of Caledon maintains sidewalks in Caledon along Regional roads on behalf of the Region of Peel.
Preparing for winter
Crews start preparing for the winter season in late summer to ensure they’re ready for the changing weather conditions.
This preparation includes:
- Reviewing and implementing the Region’s winter control plan.
- Revisiting salt management strategies and replenishing our salt inventory.
- Reviewing routes.
- Calibrating equipment.
- Installing snow fences.
- Training staff and contractors.
- Discussing response coordination with local municipalities, where needed.
Weather monitoring starts in October
Road Operations starts monitoring the weather 4 times a day at the beginning of October, when temperatures start dropping.
This includes proactively patrolling and anti-icing bridges and roads by applying liquid salt brine.
Salt brine helps prevent frost and ice from forming overnight. It also benefits the environment by reducing the use of solid rock salt.
Round-the-clock operations from November to April
Our 24-hour, 7 days-per-week response to incoming weather events starts in November and ends in April.Our winter maintenance fleet of 17 trucks is supplemented by 5 contracted companies providing 57 winter trucks and drivers to help clear Regional roads.
To discover more about Road Operations and how it helps make Peel’s roads safer, visit Winter road maintenance.