Roads, Signs, and Drainage

Roads

The 318 kilometres of municipal roads and all the associated infrastructure (sidewalks, bridges, ditches, entrances, etc.) on municipal roads are maintained by the Roads Division of the Public Works Department.

County roads are the responsibility of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville and are named numerically (County Road 43, County Road 44, etc.). Questions related to Leeds Grenville County roads should be directed to 613-342-3840, toll free: 1-800-267-8146 or see their website here.

Have a traffic or road safety concern (such as a road hazard, speeding, parking, or other traffic safety issue)?

Fill out an Online Traffic Concern Form or download and print a hard copy of the Traffic Concern Form

Road safety is everyone’s responsibility. Visit the Road Safety page for road safety topics such as distracted driving, school bus safety, roundabouts, pedestrian crossovers, and more.

511For current Ontario road conditions, visit Ontario 511.  Ontario 511 is a bilingual digital traveller information service provided by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. This website has been designed by and for users to help people plan their routes and travel safely and efficiently across the province of Ontario. 

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Other Road Information

Maintenance
Summer Maintenance

Summer maintenance activities include grading, dust control, grass cutting, tree trimming, road sign installation/maintenance, construction projects, drainage, street sweeping, and more.

Winter Maintenance

Winter maintenance activities include snow plowing, sanding/salting, snow removal in urban areas, sidewalk plowing and more. These activities are carried out in accordance with the Roadway Service Standards (34-16) by-law established by the Municipal Act.

Please note that it is unlawful to push snow onto or across a public road or onto Municipal or County property without authorization. Dangerous accumulations of ice and snow are to be removed from a roof where they overhang public roadways, sidewalks or public access areas to buildings

Drainage

Roadside ditches, storm sewers, culverts or other similar draining features are installed to convey storm water from the road surface and roadbed to an outlet such as a pond, municipal drain, creek or other waterway. Managing storm water is essential to improving the health of our waterways and reducing basement flooding. These roadside drainage systems are typically located in the Municipal right-of-way and are maintained by the Municipality. Drainage systems along County Roads are on the County right-of-way and maintained by the County.

Importantly, the primary role of roadside drainage is to drain the road, not adjacent private property.

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Contact

Public Works

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Accessibility Statement

Municipal Office
285 County Road #44,
PO Box 130
Kemptville, ON K0G 1J0

Hours:
Monday through Friday
8:30 am - 5:00 pm

General Inquiries
613-258-9569

Arena Staff (business hours)
613-258-9569 ext 141 or 175

Arena Staff (evenings/weekends)
613-316-2451 or 613-316-5010

After-hours Emergency Number
613-787-5651

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