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Public Works

 The Public Works Department is responsible for the maintenance of roads, sidewalks, walkways, landfill site maintenance, storm drainage, airport maintenance, parks and the cemetery site. The Public Works Superintendent also manages the Town's fleet of vehicles and equipment for all departments.

The Public Works Department maintains all streets in town and includes Becker Road, Government Lake Road and Airport Road..

Over the past few years there has been a program of capital improvements in the area of street maintenance and resurfacing.

While it may not be apparent to the average resident, the Township owns considerable property, generally referred to as infrastructure. This infrastructure includes many kilometers of roadways along with water and sewer lines. The Public Works Department has the challenging task of maintaining and regularly upgrading this diversified infrastructure worth  millions of dollars.

The community will readily notice the obvious Public Works activities. In winter, the Town's fleet of vehicles work long hours to keep streets plowed and safe for traffic. During the summer months, a regularly scheduled program of road maintenance and upgrades ensure that traffic can move smoothly from one point to another.

What is not so obvious is the Public Works other duties, such as animal control and building inspections. Over the years, other means of animal control had been tried with limited success and added costs to the residents. All complaints of animals running loose are directed to the Public Works Department and handled as soon as practicable.

Roads & Traffic Department

Roadway and sidewalk maintenance
Winter maintenance; plowing, sanding and snow removal
Drainage systems including ditches and storm sewer systems, surface flooding
Culvert and bridge maintenance
Cleaning ditches and installing new driveway culverts 
Maintenance of trees on Town road allowances and laneways
Street name and traffic signs, guide rail and traffic control signals
Roadway traffic and pedestrian markings
Repairs and maintenance of all street lights