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1. What do I do if I want to get my driveway graded, ditches mowed, or driveway snow plowed?

• These requests all fall under our Custom Work Application process. Please see the Custom Work Services page for more information. 

2. What do I do if I want to put in an Approach?

As with the Custom work applications, simply fill out the Approach Approval form, with your land location and contact information with a sketch of where you want to put your approach. Submit your application to the office with the $200 administration fee. Our staff will come out and inspect your approach location and either approve or decline your application. Should your application be approved, you will receive a letter outlining the recommended culvert size to be installed and approach build specifications for proper drainage. You are then responsible to hire a contractor to complete your installation.

3. How often is my road graded?

• The RM presently consists of over 1,019 miles or 1,640KM of roadway, within this amount there are approximately 900 miles of maintained gravel road. As you can imagine, it is no small feat to keep all these roads maintained.
• The Municipality is divided into 10 zones and a dedicated operator and grader are assigned to each zone. Grading in all zones is based largely on Mother Nature. If Mother Nature cooperates and conditions stay dry, and favorable, the graders are out in the zones on a standard rotation (anywhere from 2-3 weeks), with our high-volume roads receiving grading more frequently. Should the weather conditions become not so ideal, (rain, sleet,snow) and the roads become soft and compromised, then the standard rotation is disrupted.
  Please note- roads designated on the map as summer roads or undeveloped roads are not maintained.
  

4. What determines when my road gets gravel?

• The RM applies gravel to approximately 300 miles of road each year, and is operated on a three year rotation. Each spring the gravel program for the year is planned out and is generally contracted out during the months of May through June, following the lifting of Spring Road bans.
• Some items for gravel consideration include: outstanding projects from prior years, ratepayer requests, the year the gravel was last applied and the existing gravel condition of the road relative to the type and amount of traffic. In 2015 the RM contracted 36,117.47 yds3 of Traffic Gravel which was distributed over 110 projects throughout the RM.
• Calls come in from ratepayers requesting spot gravel. These calls are recorded and investigated. Once their merit has been determined, the requests are either addressed or put on the list for the following year’s projects. RM staff also note areas which may be lacking gravel and those areas are also addressed.

5. When do I need to get an overweight permit?

• An overweight permit is required for haulers any time they know that the material they are going to be hauling combined with the registered allowable weight of their vehicle, exceeds the limits of road weight standards, set out in the Highway Traffic Act
• Overweight permits are generally issued for one-way trips along a specified route for a limited period.

6. What is the purpose of a Road Maintenance Agreement (RMA)?

• RMA’s are issued to aid in the recovery of costs associated with road maintenance and the lifecycle of roadway renewal.
• They are also an acknowledgement of liability for damages to the roadways resulting from hauling activities.