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Township of Minden Hills

7 Milne Street, Box 359
Minden ON K0M 2K0

Phone: 705-286-1260
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The Public Works Department is responsible for the maintenance and repair of all municipal roadways within Minden Hills, road construction projects, sidewalks, and municipal parking lots.

Road Closures

Municipal road closures in Minden Hills can be viewed on Municipal 511, a road information management and communications application. 

Report a Problem

To report a non-emergency problem with your road, please contact the Public Works Department to let us know of a road maintenance need. Within 3 business days, someone from our department will reach out to you to provide you with an update.

Winter Sand

Winter sand is made available at the Minden Curling Club. This sand is not for commercial use.

There is a limit of one 5-gallon bucket of sand per vehicle.

Sand is available on a first-come-first serve basis and is dropped off only after crews are finished plowing and sanding the roads. If there is no sand available, please return to check later.

Emergencies

If you are reporting a life-threatening emergency, please dial 9-1-1.

If you are reporting an after-hours municipal roads emergency, please call 1-866-856-3247.

Reportable after-hours emergencies include:

  • Large roadkill (deer, moose, bear)
  • Large washouts
  • Flooding over entire road
  • Downed trees blocking portions of the road

Please do not call the after-hours emergency line for:

  • Potholes
  • Shoulder washouts
  • Small roadkill
  • Partially flooded roads
  • Parking lot maintenance needs
  • Bad weather

Who maintains my Road?

Use the County of Haliburton Interactive Mapping tool to search your road.

  • If your road is shown in red, it is maintained by the Ministry of Transportation.
  • If your road is shown in orange (light brown), your road is maintained by the County of Haliburton.
  • If your road is shown in brown, it is maintained by the Township of Minden Hills.
  • If your road is shown in grey, it is a private or unassumed road and the residents of that road are responsible for its maintenance.

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Entrance Permits

An entrance permit must be received from the Township of you are building an entrance onto a municipal road, or if you are building a house on a property where an entrance already exists but an entrance permit was not previously issued for the property. Please visit our entrance and wide load permits page for more information.

Wide Load Permits

A Wide Load Permit is required before moving oversize loads across Township roads. Oversized items include buildings, modular homes, docks or other structures. Please visit our entrance and wide load permits page for more information.

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Information about planned road work can be found on our construction projects page.

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