Construction, Roadwork and Closures | City of Kawartha Lakes

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

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

Applications and Forms

Introducing, Permit Central, our new online public access portal for Roads Operations Permits.

Please note that Permit Central is now the only place you can apply for the five roads operations permits listed below. Submitting the applications via email, will not be an option moving forward.

As of June 3, 2024 the following permits are exclusively available in Permit Central:

Event in the Right-of-Way Permit (Road Occupancy/Temporary Road Closure for events such as parades etc.)
Work in Right-of-Way Permit (Road Occupancy/Temporary Road Closure for contractors or work within the road allowance)
Oversize/Overweight Load Annual Permit
Oversize/Overweight Load Trip Permit (Single Trip or Reduced Load Exemption)
Entrance Permit Application
Entrance Permit Information

Note that the above permit applications must all be submitted, inclusive of payment where applicable, via the Permit Central online portal.

Check out the Permit Central How to Guide for more information on how to sign up and use the portal. If you need help while applying for permits, read the Permit Central How to Guide for Roads Operations Permits.

If you need assistance creating a Permit Central account, please contact Roads Operations at 705-324-9411 extension 1171.

The following applications are not in Permit Central and no changes have been made to how they should be completed:

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.

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

View the updated report that was presented to Council on September 27, 2022.

View the Road Needs Study that was presented to Council on September 27, 2022.

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

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.

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

View the report that was presented to Council on June 6, 2023 View minutes requesting additional roads List of Approved 2024 Roads

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.

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.

2025 Budget: $2,139,000

List of Approved 2025 Roads

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).

2025 Budget: $6,891,000

List of Approved 2025 Roads

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.

2025 Budget: $8,364,000

List of Approved 2025 Roads

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.

2025 Budget: $19,182,000

List of Approved 2025 Roads