Roads and Bridges

The County of Perth Public Works department is responsible for 492 km of roads and 114 bridges that stretch across the four area municipalities.

Road conditions and weather

Visit our Perth County Road Conditions & Weather page for road condition information. We work to update it on a best effort basis. It's for County roads and not MTO or member municipality (Township) roads.

Notices of construction

The following are the roads to be resurfaced in 2017:

Perth Line 43 - from Road 101 (Region of Waterloo Boundary) to Perth Road 107
Perth Line 88 - from Highway 23 to Perth Road 178
Perth Road 101 -(Reg. Rd. 1) Huron Rd to 50m South of Hwy 7/8
Perth Road 178 - from Gorrie Rd. to Short Line Road

The daily maintenance of roads within Perth County will include:

Pavement maintenance; crack sealing, spray patching
Shoulder maintenance
Various culvert replacements, including some driveway culverts

Winter maintenance and snowplowing

The County of Perth manages a winter maintenance program to ensure public safety on County Roads during the winter months from approximately November 1 to April 30^th. Refer to By-law 3282-2012. This includes staff and contractors working seven days a week, twenty hours a day as required.

Winter maintenance:

Winter road patrol and 20-hour winter weather watch
Snowplowing
Sanding and salting operations on County roads when necessary, including pre-wetting of salt and sand

Report a problem

Need to report a problem?

Report a Problem Form

Load restrictions

The 2017 Weight Restriction Season for ALL roads within the jurisdiction of the County of Perth will begin annually on March 1^st through April 30^th. The weight restriction is five (5) tonnes per axle, By-law 3411-2114.

Reduced load limits on County roads

List of Roads with Reduced Load Limits By-law 3411-2114

County Rd #	KM	Limited to Reduced Loading
8	11.6	Hwy 23 to Perth Road 163
24	14.2	Huron County to Hwy 23
26	14.5	Highway 7 to Tavistock
33	10.0	City of Stratford to Perth Road 107
36	4.1	Perth East Road 125 to Perth Road 135
43	15.8	Perth Road 119 to Waterloo Region
44	29.0	Huron County to Perth Road 119
55	24.7	Huron County to Perth Road 131
56/56A	3.9	Perth Road 119 to Perth Road 107
72	26.9	Huron County to Waterloo Region
88/88A	9.5	Hwy 23 at Gowanstown to Huron County
107	12.9	Perth Line 56 to Highway 7&8
112	4.5	City of Stratford to Perth Line 26
113	7.9	City of Stratford to Oxford County
121	19.3	Perth Line 86 to Perth Road 119
131	14.0	Milverton to Perth Line 86
135	16.8	Perth Line 55 to Highway 8
147	10.3	Perth Line 86 to Perth Line 72
151	8.0	Perth Line 8 to Middlesex County
163	20.8	Hwy 23 to Perth Road 139
180	14.4	Highway 8 to West Perth Line 17

Adopt a road program

The County of Perth has an Adopt-a-Road Program for our County road system. Several local groups are presently taking part in this to help keep 'Perth Beautiful'. If you're interested, please call our office at 519-271-0531 ext. 311 to find out the areas that are available.