Half-Load Restrictions Take Effect March 1 For Most City Streets

Commercial vehicles are restricted to half-loads on designated streets within the City of Peterborough from March 1 to April 30.

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The restrictions help protect roadways during the spring thaw, when pavement structures experience reduced load-bearing capacity due to freeze–thaw conditions.

Half-load restrictions are in effect on the following streets: 

  • Airport Road from Sir Sanford Fleming Drive to the south city limits 

  • Armour Road from Nassau Mills Road to Paddock Wood 

  • Ashburnham Drive from McFarlane Street to Maria Street 

  • Ashburnham Drive from Neal Drive to the south city limits 

  • Bensfort Road from River Road South to the south city limits 

  • Brealey Drive from Parkhill Road West to Sherbrooke Street 

  • Carnegie Avenue 

  • Crawford Drive from Sir Sanford Fleming Drive to 0.6 km east of The Parkway 

  • Cumberland Avenue from Ungava Avenue to Carnegie Avenue 

  • Dobbin Road 

  • Guthrie Drive 

  • Harper Road 

  • Hetherington Drive from Richard Road to Woodland Drive 

  • Johnston Drive 

  • MacFarlane Avenue - from Trentview Road to Television Road 

  • Maniece Avenue from Ashburnham Drive to Television Road 

  • McNamara Road from Guthrie Drive to Driscoll Road 

  • Nassau Mills Road 

  • Old Norwood Road from Ashburnham Drive to Television Road 

  • Otonabee Drive 

  • Parkhill Road East from Armour Road to Trent Severn Waterway Swing Bridge 

  • Pioneer Road 

  • River Road South from Lansdowne Street to Bensfort Road 

  • Sherbrooke Street from Glenforest Boulevard to the west city limits 

  • Simons Avenue 

  • Towerhill Road from Chemong Road to Fairbairn Street 

  • University Road 

  • Wallace Point Road from Bensfort Road to Driscoll Road 

  • Whittington Drive 

  • Woodland Drive

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