Construction, Roadwork and Closures

Construction and closures

Kawartha Lakes hosts many large and small construction projects each year. For full details on projects, including public notices, proposed designs and project backgrounds, please visit our Major Projects section of the website.

Road Construction, Restrictions and Closures on Municipal 511

Did You Know about Road Maintenance?

Watch Deputy Mayor Tracy Richardson in the short video below and learn how road maintenance operations work in Kawartha Lakes:

Road programs in Kawartha Lakes

5-Year Roads Plan: The municipality conducts a Roads Needs Study every 5 years to help assess repairs required for our 2,677 km of road network. The study groups roads into three priorities: Now, 1 to 5 years and 6 to 10 years. The study is also responsible for providing improvement costs that are incorporated into the operating and capital budgets each year. The goal of the study is to monitor and manage our road networks and provide information which is used to formulate for the City’s 5-year roads plan. This plan is a fluid plan which can be amended based on the yearly capital budgeted process.

To view a list of the current 5-year plan (2023-2027) of the following road sections based on the resurfacing programs, please see the referenced appendices below.

• List of roads for Urban/Rural Reconstruction
• List of roads for Urban/Arterial Resurfacing
• List of roads for Rural Resurfacing

To confirm what projects have occurred or are occurring in the upcoming year, refer to the current capital budget.

The City presented the 5-year roads plan, for the years 2023-2027, to Council in September 2022.

View the CORP2022-001 2022 Ontario Community Infrastructure Funding Allocation report here.

View the ENG2021-014 Low Volume Gravel Roads report here.

View the 2023 Program Low Volume Roads roads for upgrading to Hardtop here.

Lifecycle Extension Program: in order to keep the good roads good (and off the capital improvements list including the programs below), this program identifies roads that need to be resurfaced and treated within a specified time before in order to preserve and extend their life cycle, preventing a premature replacement of the asset. This includes services such as crack sealing, surface treatment, asphalt overlays and drainage improvements.

View the report that was presented to Council on June 6, 2023

View minutes requesting additional roads

List of Approved 2023 Roads

Gravel Resurfacing Program: There are three kinds of roads in Kawartha Lakes: Hot mix Asphalt, surface treated and gravel. This program identifies gravel roads that need maintenance and repair. High volume gravel roads have an average lifecycle of 5 to 7 years, so this program aims to extend that to 10 years. 

List of Approved 2023 Roads

Gravel Resurfacing 2023 Program Map

Gravel Upgrade Road Program 2023 Map

2023 Budget:

Rural Resurfacing: this program manages the low-volume rural roads, involving processes such as pulverizing distressed surfaces, performing base repairs to the road , culvert replacement and ditching as well as placing new granular materials on the road before resurfacing with two layers of High Float material (tar and chip).

List of Approved 2023 Roads

Rural Resurfacing Culverts 2023 Map

2023 Budget: $5,343,000

Urban/Arterial Resurfacing Program: this program identifies higher traffic volume roads on the City’s arterial and collector road network within towns, villages and hamlets that require upgrades such as placing a brand new surface of hot mix asphalt overtop to provide safe and sustainable roads.

List of Approved 2023 Roads

Urban Arterial Resurfacing 2023 Program Map

 2023 Budget: $6,425,000

Urban/Rural Reconstruction Program: this program identifies roads that need to be completely reconstructed in Urban and Rural areas. This program addresses things like storm sewer and watermain replacements, brand new base materials and infrastructure such as gutter and sidewalk installation and drainage improvements.

List of Approved 2023 Roads

Urban Rural Reconstruction 2023 Program Map

2023 Budget: $4,862,000