Spring is almost here and that means half-load season in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.
The Counties and its partners among local municipalities and the City of Cornwall have designated March 10th, 2022 as the start of half-load season. The Counties will be limiting the weight of materials to five tonnes per axle on the weaker roads located throughout the region.
Roads that are subject to seasonal weight restrictions are identified with a sign. Half-loads will be enforced once signs are posted and will likely run into the early part of May.
Except the following locations, most roads within SDG are subject to half-load restrictions:
- South of Highway 401 on County Road 1, 14, 33 and 35
- County Road 1 from French Settlement Road to Belmeade Road
- County Road 15 from County Road 2 to the southwest leg of County Road 36
- County Road 44 from Highway 138 to 840m East of County Road 42
- County Roads 31, 34, 43, 46
- County Road 2 from Leeds & Grenville boundary to the City of Cornwall boundary and from the City of Cornwall boundary to the Ontario/Quebec boundary.
Benjamin de-Haan, Counties’ director of transportation, said half-load season is integral to the long-term sustainability of the road infrastructure – the largest municipal roads system in the entire province.
“These measures are important to the bottom line of the Counties, as well as the effective use of taxpayer dollars,” says de-Haan. “We allow for the transportation of goods across the Counties, while at the same time putting measures in place to protect the investment taxpayers have made in our infrastructure.”
