Road Resurfacing Program

The Town's annual Road Resurfacing program starts at the beginning of each summer.

How are the roads rated and ranked?

The entire Town road network is inspected and rated every two years by Town Engineering staff or a pavement engineering consultant. Road inspection is done to provide updated Pavement Condition Index (PCI) information. In addition, road sections are inspected and rated using a pavement evaluation system developed by the Ministry of Transportation. This system has been widely adopted at all levels of road management.

The updated pavement condition data is uploaded to a computerized road maintenance decision-making program. This program evaluates each road section based on the following:

• Condition;
• Traffic volume;
• Road classification;
• Road type;
• Community factors such as; school zones, transit routes, and medical facility locations.

The decision-making program provides an initial list of candidate roads. The roads are then "ground-truthed" by Town Engineering staff to confirm the acceptability of each road section for resurfacing. Town staff also ensure that the resurfacing list aligns with other capital works plans (water main and sewer construction project) to ensure efficiencies and to avoid project overlap.

What are the types of road resurfacing & reconstruction used?

Road Resurfacing

• Hot Mix Overlay – A new asphalt layer gets placed on top of the existing road.
• Hot Mix Mill and Overlay – A part of the existing asphalt road is milled off, and a new layer of asphalt is placed on the milled surface.
• Surface Treatment (tar and chip sealing) – Asphalt emulsion gets sprayed on top of the existing road surface or other base material and is coated with a fine aggregate.
• Road Reconstruction
• The existing asphalt roads get pulverized and replaced with new asphalt.
• The existing asphalt roads get excavated and replaced with a new granular base and new asphalt.
• The existing surface-treated roads are pulverized and replaced with new double surface treat emulsion and fine aggregate. It may also include a layer of recycled asphalt pavement.
• The existing surface gets pulverized, graded and compacted with a dust suppressant application.

How much money gets dedicated to fixing our roads?

To maximize the dollars committed to the Roads Resurfacing program, Town Council approves the annual budget early in the year, thus, allowing for early tendering and favourable pricing.

Every year the Town solicits bids through quotations or tenders for the town-wide annual projects. All projects are awarded annually, some with the option to renew for a second year.

For more information and or updates relating to the Road Resurfacing program of the various road segments throughout the Town of Fort Erie, please visit the following links below.

The Town publishes all annual maintenance programs on our Let's Talk Fort Erie website.

Lets Talk Fort Erie