Public Works

The MD will accommodate requests for backsloping of road ditches at no charge to the landowner, provided the landowner provides any additional land required at no charge to the Municipality.  Any fences present must be removed by the landowner prior to work commencing.

The MD of Peace owns 3 gravel pits.  Residents wishing to haul their own gravel may only purchase gravel from the MD if our loader is at a pit and municipal staff does the loading.  Once per year, usually at the beginning of July, the MD  hires a contractor to gravel municipal roads.   Currently, crushed gravel and reject gravel cost $11.00/tonne and pit run gravel costs $5.00/tonne. These prices include the loading charge.

The MD would like to advise all residents that the Roadside Brushing Program is being undertaken for the following reasons:

• to enable the full ditch mowing program to be implemented and to control noxious weeds
• to ensure that snow can be properly winged back from the shoulder of the roads during winter
• to prevent excessive drifting of snow
• to allow for better drainage/water flow during spring runoff
• to allow the road surface to dry more quickly as the snow melts during the spring or following a rainfall
• to allow wide farm machinery to safely travel on the municipal roads
• to provide clear visibility to drivers at road intersections to reduce accidents. It is the MD’s intention to eventually remove all brush from the road ditches. Permission will be requested if it is deemed necessary to remove trees from private property. 

The Public Works Department maintains the MD’s road and ditch network.  The Municipality has its own equipment, but may contract out large jobs such as major road re-building or large culvert replacements.