GUELPH/ERAMOSA TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY GUIDE
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PUBLIC WORKS - ROADS
Annual Spring/Summer Road Maintenance Programs
The Township of Guelph/Eramosa’s Public Works Department performs many spring road maintenance
programs. At the time of this Community Guide arriving in your mailbox, the programs that have
been completed by the Public Works Department so far are: Maintenance Gravel & Shouldering (this
improves gravel road surface), Dust Suppression (calcium chloride is used as a suppressant to control
dust), Street Sweeping (cleans residual off the road surface from winter maintenance), Line Painting
(this improves visibility at stop blocks, railway crossing and center lines), Boulevard Tree Planting (to
replace dead boulevard trees and keep the Township looking healthy and vibrant), and the Sod Repair
Program (repair sod damages from plows).
For more information on our Spring/Summer Road Maintenance Programs, please visit the Township
website at
MAILBOX POLICY
Guidelines
Guelph/Eramosa has a policy that owners are to
install mailboxes at the maximum usable distance
from the edge of the roadway and to ensure the
mailbox is secured tightly on a sturdy post. Posts
shall not consist of material stronger than a 6 inch
diameter cedar post or a 2 inch diameter standard
wall steel pipe. The bottom of the box shall be 3’
6” from the ground elevation in accordance with
Canada Post regulations. The support post shall be
erected at least 17 feet from the center line of the
road. [Policy No: COR-0400].
Homeowners are
responsible for repairing/replacing mailboxes
damaged by a snowplow if it does not meet the
policy.
Let’s work together to keep your mail safe!
