2023 Annual Report

In 2023, our construction crew improved approximately 7.5 miles of road with construction projects focused primarily within the eastern part of the MD. L.R. 1, northeast of Ribstone, was a challenging project requiring most of our crew’s time last year.

Our cementing and oiling crew worked on 9 miles of cement base stabilization on the MD’s key local road network. This included 2 new miles that were added making a total of 115 miles of cement within the municipality. We continue to focus on maintaining our cement roads by re-chipping 15 miles of road last year. In addition, we provide a coat of fogging seal the year after the road is re-chipped, which seals the chip and prolongs its life. In 2023, we fogged 14 miles of road. The MD re-oiled approximately 6 miles of rural road. Various dust controls with Calcium and MC-250 were conducted by the MD’s oiling crew with the help of divisional graders as well.

Regular road maintenance continued as usual, with nearly 101,177 metric tonnes of gravel applied to our gravel roads. We used both private and MD trucks to haul and spread the gravel. We maintain our road maintenance grader fleet at seven graders, with one additional grader being used to supplement divisional graders as needed. This additional grader was busy reclaiming our gravel road tops when it was available. Also, to maintain our stockpiles of gravel, we hired a private contractor to crush 209,575 metric tonnes of gravel.

The MD Administration team worked hard in planning and organizing these projects to ensure that they were successful.  On behalf of Council, I would like to thank them for their dedication to the MD over the course of the year.

In closing, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Council, Administration and all MD employees for their continued support throughout this last year.