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Road safety is a high priority of the Municipality of Brighton.

Responsibilities

The Public Works Department is responsible for:

Asphalt Patching
Bridges and Culverts
Crossing Guards
Ditch Cleaning
Dust Control
Grass Cutting
Gravel and Grading
Line Painting
Municipal Drains
Patrolling
Potholes
Road Closures
Sidewalks
Signs and safety devices
Snow Removal
Street Lights
Street Sweeping
Traffic Signs
Tree removal, brushing and trimming on municipal property

Municipal Roads

Routine scheduled maintenance is regularly performed as required. Deficiencies reported by the public are repaired on a priority basis. If you have any questions about what maintenance will be performed on your road this year, please contact the Public Works office at 613-475-1162.

County Roads

For information on, or to report issues about (CR) County Roads (CR2, CR21, CR26, CR27, CR29, CR30, CR41, CR64), please contact Northumberland County at 1-800-354-7050.

Winter Operations & Snow Plowing

The Municipality of Brighton maintains over 250km of roads and 40km of sidewalks during winter operations using 10+ dedicated pieces of equipment for snow removal.

During winter weather events, our Roads Department is responsible for:

plowing and salting roads,
snow removal at Municipal buildings and parking lots,
sidewalk plowing and,
the removal of snow from Downtown

All municipal roads are divided into road classes based on traffic volumes and posted speed limits. The Municipality of Brighton has 4 different classes of roads within its boundaries based on these classifications. Class 2 roads have the highest priority with the most vehicles travelling on them. Class 5 roads are lightly travelled and have lower priority.

The Roads Department monitors 4 weather reports each day and does continuous road patrols to know when to dispatch snowplows. Plows are dispatched based on deteriorating road conditions and accumulation as outlined by the O.Reg. 239/02 Minimum Maintenance Standards (MMS) and listed in the chart below:

Minimum Maintenance Standards (MMS) for Winter Operations
Road Class	Depth of Snow Accumulation	Timeframe for Clearing Snow
Class 2	5 cm	6 hours
Class 3	8 cm	12 hours
Class 4	8 cm	16 hours
Class 5	10 cm	24 hours

Declaring a “Significant Weather Event”

When the Municipality of Brighton is experiencing weather that may affect the ability of our Roads Department to maintain the roads at the service levels that road users would normally expect, we will declare a Significant Weather Event. As per the Ontario Municipal Act, a municipality may declare a significant weather event when a weather hazard, either forecasted or occurring, has the potential to pose a significant danger to users of the roadways in which they have authority.

The declaration of this event will be published on our website and social media channels and also pushed out to key stakeholders in the community.

Driving in the Snow

During poor driving conditions, unnecessary travel is not recommended.

If you do find yourself needing to travel in less than ideal conditions:

Monitor highway and road conditions before your departure – check Ontario 511 for up to date traffic information
Clear your car of snow and ice before driving
Drive for the conditions – give yourself extra travel time, extra space to stop, go slow, keep a safe distance between cars, be patient
Never attempt to pass a working snow plow
Be prepared in case of emergency – prepare and have accessible a 72-hour survival kit, have your communication devices fully charged, download the what3words app to help emergency crews locate you within 3m of accuracy

Illegal Dumping on Roadsides

Illegal dumping should be reported to the Northumberland County Waste Management Department at:

555 Courthouse Road
Cobourg, ON K9A 5J6
Tel: 1-866-293-8379

Sidewalks

The Municipality of Brighton maintains approximately 42 kilometres of sidewalk. Repairs to damaged sidewalks will be undertaken by the Municipality in accordance with established standards. Each year major sections of deficient sidewalks and curb are replaced and upgraded to meet the Municipality's commitment to higher standards of accessibility. The Municipality recommends the removal of all objects beyond the property line and within 30 cm (18") of a municipal sidewalk. These objects include:

wood,
concrete,
sprinkler systems;
brick driveway edging,
hedges or shrubs,
fences, and
flower beds

Parking Lots

The Municipality of Brighton currently operates 6 municipal Parking Lots in the downtown, all of which are free. Long term overnight parking is not allowed as these car parks are intended for customers and employees at our local businesses.

Street Lighting

The Municipality of Brighton has approximately 850 light standards and luminaires, which were converted to LED in 2016. Please report any street light malfunctions to the Municipality of Brighton, Public Works Department 613 475 1162.

2021 Capital Programs and Projects

The Municipality of Brighton's 2021Capital and Operating Budgets will fund new roads and sidewalk projects as well as continued maintenance to roads and sidewalks to ensure the safety of residents and visitors.

Below offers information on 2021 Capital Programs and Projects, in an effort to keep the general public informed of Municipal Infrastructure related projects and programs.

7 Year Proposed Surface Treatment Plan

2020 Program

Street Name	Section		Approx. Length (km)	Approx. Area (m²)
Street Name	From	To	Approx. Length (km)	Approx. Area (m²)
Single Surface Treatment
Bayshore Road	Lighthouse Ln	End	4.00
Stoney Point Rd South	Bayview Lane	Boundary	3.60
Shoal Point Rd	Stoney Point Rd South	End	0.80

Double Surface Treatment
Boundary Road	Little Lake Rd	0.7 km north of Hwy 2	1.70
Stoney Point Road	CR 2	CR 64	2.40
Old Wooler Road	CR 30	Lord	5.30
Pinewood School Rd	Goodrich Rd	Boundary Rd	2.30
Simpson St	CR 2	End	1.30
Tee's Ln	Little Lake Rd	End	0.20

			21.60

2021 Program

Street Name	Section		Length (km)	Approx. Area (m²)
Street Name	From	To	Length (km)	Approx. Area (m²)
Single Surface Treatment
Little Lake Rd	Boundry Rd	Tee's Ln	3.25	23400
Hunt Ln	Drummond St	End	0.12	864
Towerline Rd	Old Wooler Rd	CR 30	0.64	4608
Elm St	CR 30	King St	0.10	720
Bryce Dr	CR 41	End	0.30	2160
Wood St	Bryce Dr	End	0.08	540
Hazle St	Bryce Dr	End	0.10	720
King St	Elm St	Robinson	0.24	1728
Lawson Rd	CR 64	Lawson Settlement Rd	1.55	11160
Lawson Settlement Rd	Stoney Point Rd	CR 2	1.45	10440
Robinson St	CR 30	King St	0.10	720
Grosjean Rd	Old Wooler Rd	CR 41	1.20	8640
Scriver Rd	Telephone Rd	Smith St	2.40	17280
		Total	11.53	82980
Double Surface Treatment
Lilac Ln	Bayshore Rd	End	0.28	2016
Hillview Rd	Boundry Rd	End	0.25	1800
Chatten Rd	CR 30	Carmon rd	2.80	20160
Florence Rd	Chatten Rd	End	0.13	936
Scriver Rd	Identified sections between Telephone Rd & Smith St		0.90	6480
Vicari Rd	CR 2	End	0.17	1224
Huff Rd South	Train Tracks	bend at Popham Ln	2.40	17280
Pinewood School Rd	Goodrich Rd	Loomis Rd	2.30	16560
		Total	9.23	66456

2022 Program

Street Name	Section		Length (km)	Approx. Area (m²)
Street Name	From	To	Length (km)	Approx. Area (m²)
Single Surface Treatment
Lakehurst St	Lakeshore Rd	Lakeshore Rd	0.40	2880
Lakeshore Rd	Kelly Ln	Presqu'ile Parkway	2.60	18720
Greenway Circle	Lakeshore Rd	Lakshore Rd	0.80	5760
Geogina St	Hardy Ln	Whites Rd	1.40	10080
Fish Hatchery Rd	CR 27	End	0.90	6480
Telephone Rd West	CR 30	Waites Rd	2.90	20880
		Total	9.00	64800
Double Surface Treatment
Lakecrest Circle	Lakeshore Rd	Lakeshore Rd	0.50	3600
Huff Rd	Tracks	CR 2	2.00	14400
Huff Rd North	CR 2	End	0.60	4320
Waite's Rd	Telephone Rd	CR 21	1.90	13680
Percy St	CR 2	End	0.80	5760
Long Reach Rd	CR 26	End	1.20	8640
Walt St	Smith St	Whites Rd	1.00	7200
		Total	8.00	57600

2023 Program

Street Name	Section		Length (km)	Approx. Area (m²)
Street Name	From	To	Length (km)	Approx. Area (m²)
Single Surface Treatment
Guertin Rd	CR 30	End	0.70	5040
Bullis Rd	Telephone Rd	200m North of Whites Road	1.90	13680
Old York Rd	CR 2	Oak Ridge Rd	0.20	1440
Oakridge Drive	Old York Rd	End	0.30	2160
Grandview Rd	CR 2	End	0.20	1440
Twin Ln	CR 30	Richmond St	0.10	720
Township Hall Rd	Chattan Rd	CR 30	0.20	1440
Florence Rd	Chatten Rd	End	0.10	720
Bonn Rd	Smith St	End	1.00	7200
Hanson Rd	CR 30	CR 26	3.40	24480
		Total	8.10	58320
Double Surface Treatment
Carman Rd	CR 30	CR 26	2.50	18000
Carman Rd	CR 26	Coltman Rd	5.30	38160
Young St	0.3km N of George St	End	0.30	2160
		Total	8.10	58320

2024 Program

Street Name	Section		Length (km)	Approx. Area (m²)
Street Name	From	To	Length (km)	Approx. Area (m²)
Single Surface Treatment
Newton Ln	CR 30	End	0.50	3600
Cemetary Rd	CR 30	Richmond St	0.50	3600
Alexander Rd	CR 30	Little Lake Rd	0.80	5760
		Total	1.80	12960
Double Surface Treatment
Telephone Rd	CR 26	QW Boundry	7.00	50400
Old Wooler Rd	Lord Rd	QW Boundry	5.10	36720
Rush Rd	CR 41	Hansen Rd	1.20	8640
Lord Rd	CR 41	Old Wooler Rd	1.20	8640
		Total	14.50	104400

2025 Program

Street Name	Section		Length (km)	Approx. Area (m²)
Street Name	From	To	Length (km)	Approx. Area (m²)
Single Surface Treatment
Richmond St South	CR 21	Endnd (South)	1.00
Moran Dr	Richmond St	Richmond St	0.50
Middle Ridge Rd	Telephone rd	End	1.10
Goodrich Rd	CR 30	Sumach Ln	2.00
Loomis Rd	Pinewood School Rd	CR 30	2.90
Whites Rd	Scriver Rd	0.5KM west of Scriver Rd	0.50
Double Surface Treatment
Richmond St	CR 21	End (North)	4.50
Sumach	Goodrich Rd	End	0.85
Cramahe Hill Rd	Pine Grove Rd	CR 27	3.10
Cameron Rd	Goodfellow Rd	0.5 S of Goodfellow Rd	0.50
		Total	16.95

2026 Program

Street Name	Section		Length (km)	Approx. Area (m²)
Street Name	From	To	Length (km)	Approx. Area (m²)
Single Surface Treatment
Cowan Rd	Old Wooler Rd	Jamison Rd	0.90
Laird Nelson Rd	Old Wooler Rd	Deadend	0.20
Percy Boom Rd	CR 29	Boundary Rd	1.00
Jamison Rd	Cowan Rd	Dalmas Rd	2.45
Donaldson Rd	CR 30	Deadend	1.30
Stewart Rd	CR 64	Martin Rd	0.60
Martin Rd	Stewart Rd	Deadend	0.20
Cedardale Rd	Stoney Point Rd South	Deadend	0.40
Tillings Rd	CR 30	Deadend	0.50
Double Surface Treatment
Aranda Way	Goodfellow Rd	CR 30	5.50
Bauer Rd	Telephone Rd	Deadend	0.30
Allison St	CR 30	Deadend	0.50
Goodfellow Rd	CR 30	Cameron Rd	2.30
Stone Ln	Hansen Rd	End	0.15
Lisgar	CR2	Smith St	0.62
		Total	16.15

2027 Program

Street Name	Section		Length (Km)
Street Name	From	To	Length (Km)
Single Surface Treatment
Bayshore Road	Lighthouse Ln	End	4.00
Stoney Point Rd South	Bayview Lane	Boundary	3.60
Shoal Point Rd	Stoney Point Rd South	End	0.80

Double Surface Treatment
Boundary Road	Little Lake Rd	0.7 km north of Hwy 2	1.70
Stoney Point Road	CR 2	CR 64	2.40
Old Wooler Road	CR 30	Lord	5.30
Pinewood School Rd	Loomis Rd	Municipal Boundary	1.5
Simpson St	CR 2	End	1.30
Tee's Ln	Little Lake Rd	End	0.20

			21.60

6 Year Proposed Construction Plan

Proposed 2021 Plan

Street Name	Section		Length (m)	Constr. Year	Scope of Work	Budget (Construction Year Dollars)				Total Budget ($)
Street Name	From	To	Length (m)	Constr. Year	Scope of Work	Road ($)	Water ($)	Sanitary ($)	Storm ($)	Total Budget ($)
Telephone Rd	County Road 30	County Road 26	2,110	2021	Reconstruction Road only	963,678				963,678
Loyalist Drive	Prince Edward Street	Applewood Drive	431	2021	Road reconstruction, water, sanitary, and storm services	762,000	120,000	70,000	87,000	1,039,000
Pumping Station & Forcemain				2021	Reconstruction of the pumping station and twinning of the forcemain			3,000,000		3,000,000
Chlorine Booster Station	232 Presqu'lle Parkway			2021	Removal from system.		10,000			10,000
2" Service	County Road 30 @ Spring Valley			2021	Replace outdated infrastructure.		40,000			40,000
MBBR				2021	Construction of an MBBR facility			8,800,000		8,800,000
Subtotals 2021						1,725,678	170,000	11,870,000	87,000	13,852,678

Proposed 2022 Plan

Street Name	Section		Length (m)	Constr. Year	Scope of Work	Budget (Construction Year Dollars)				Total Budget ($)
Street Name	From	To	Length (m)	Constr. Year	Scope of Work	Road ($)	Water ($)	San. ($)	Storm ($)	Total Budget ($)
Prince Edward Street	Elizabeth Street	Harbour Street	1,900	2022	Reconstruction, Brighton water, sanitary. NC responsible for road and storm		1,749,444	1,809,940		3,559,384
Lakeview Heights Booster Station				2022	Upgrading infrastructure.		6,000			6,000
Subtotals 2022							1,755,444	1,809,940		3,565,384

Proposed 2023 Plan

Street Name	Section		Length (m)	Constr. Year	Scope of Work	Budget (Construction Year Dollars)				Total Budget ($)
Street Name	From	To	Length (m)	Constr. Year	Scope of Work	Road ($)	Water ($)	San. ($)	Storm ($)	Total Budget ($)
Pinnacle Street South	Elizabeth Street	End	300	2023	Road reconstruction, water, sanitary, and storm services	435,351	276,228	285,780	214,188	1,211,547
Presquile Parkway	Ontario Street	Park Entrance	1,150	2023	Reconstruction Road only	1,150,000				1,150,000
2 Turbidity Analyzers	Water Treatment Plant			2023	Upgrading infrastructure		8,000			8,000
Subtotals 2023						1,585,351	284,228	285,780	214,188	2,369,547

Proposed 2024 Plan

Street Name	Section		Length (m)	Constr. Year	Scope of Work	Budget (Construction Year Dollars)				Total Budget ($)
Street Name	From	To	Length (m)	Constr. Year	Scope of Work	Road ($)	Water ($)	San. ($)	Storm ($)	Total Budget ($)
Main Street	Ontario Street	Rundle Lane	835	2024	Road reconstruction, water, sanitary, and storm services	1,857,318	1,178,076	1,218,914	913,410	5,167,718
Flow Meters (PW1, PW2, PW3, & Final)		Water Treatment Plant		2024	Upgrading infrastructure		16,000			16,000
Subtotals 2024						1,857,318	1,194,076	1,218,914	913,410	5,183,718

Proposed 2025 Plan

Street Name	Section		Length (m)	Constr. Year	Scope of Work	Budget (Construction Year Dollars)				Total Budget ($)
Street Name	From	To	Length (m)	Constr. Year	Scope of Work	Road ($)	Water ($)	San. ($)	Storm ($)	Total Budget ($)
Main Street	Prince Edward Street	Ontario Street	815	2025	Road reconstruction, water, sanitary, and storm services	1,182,704	750,419	776,369	581,877	3,291,369
Flow Control Valve (PW1, PW2, & PW3)		Water Treatment Plant		2025	Upgrading infrastructure		13,500			13,500
Subtotals 2025						1,182,704	763,919	776,369	581,877	3,304,869

Proposed 2026 Plan

Street Name	Section		Length (m)	Constr. Year	Scope of Work	Budget (Construction Year Dollars)				Total Budget ($)
Street Name	From	To	Length (m)	Constr. Year	Scope of Work	Road ($)	Water ($)	San. ($)	Storm ($)	Total Budget ($)
Applewood Drive	Loyalist Drive	End (North)	330	2026	Road reconstruction, water, sanitary, and storm services	478,886	108,500	106,429	85,000	778,815
Pressure Reducing Valve	3 Baldwin Street			2026	Upgrading infrastructure		130,000			130,000
Pressure Reducing Valve	Ontario Street			2026	Upgrading infrastructure		130,000			130,000
Pressure Reducing Valve	3 Morow Avenue			2026	Upgrading infrastructure		130,000			130,000
Subtotals 2026						478,886	498,500	106,429	85,000	1,168,815

Web map of planned sidewalk and road capital projects for 2021

AODA Compliant Sidewalk Plan Map