Road Maintenance & Seasonal Priorities

The Public Works team manages the safe and effective use of over 160 kilometers of town-owned roadway. Details of these activities can be viewed in the menu below.

Street Sweeping: Each year, the Town of Strathmore sweeps up tonnes of sand and debris from hundreds of kilometers of town roads. This helps to prevent that material from being washed into our storm drain system and keeps our roads and pathways clean.
Roadway Line Painting: Working with the Infrastructure Services team, Public Works paints the Town's transportation network, which can include roads, pathways, crosswalks, parking lots and hydrant markings. This work typically starts after street sweeping is complete.
Alley & Back Lane Maintenance Program: Every year, the Town of Strathmore invests in maintaining gravel back lanes to improve mobility and conditions for the public. The Town inspects the gravel lane network and schedules repairs in a priority order.
Pothole Repair, Crack Sealing & Road Patching: Road defects result from a combination of pavement fatigue and temperature fluctuation. The Public Works team conducts inspections and repairs throughout the year.
Traffic Control, Signs & Signals Maintenance: The Public Works team maintains, renews and repairs Strathmore's vehicle and pedestrian traffic signals and signs.

Winter Road Maintenance: The Town's mandate is to keep priority routes open and safe for the public. To learn more about snow clearing routes and prioritization, view the Winter Road, Pathway and Sidewalk Maintenance Page by clicking the button below.

Winter Road, Sidewalks & Pathways Maintenance

Winter Roads & Sidewalks Maintenance

Annual Maintenance Projects Details

Street Sweeping

Each year, the Town of Strathmore sweeps up tonnes of sand and debris from hundreds of kilometers of town roads. This helps to prevent that material from being washed into our storm drain system and keeps our roads and pathways clean. You may also notice our Parks team using their equipment to sweep grassy areas along various pathways and boulevards. This will improve the quality of the turf, reduce weeds, and help prevent our mowers from shooting rocks when cutting grass.

Follow the Town on social media and check back here to be kept up to date on seasonal scheduling of street sweeping.

Roadway Line Painting

Working with the Infrastructure Services team, Public Works paints the Town's transportation network, which can include roads, pathways, crosswalks, parking lots and hydrant markings. This work typically starts after street sweeping is complete.

Alley / Back Lane Maintenance Program

Every year, the Town of Strathmore invests in maintaining gravel back lanes to improve mobility and conditions for the public. The Town inspects the gravel lane network and schedules repairs in a priority order.

To help the Public Works team to complete the annual program quickly and cost effectively, do your part by removing black and green garbage carts, blue recycling carts, construction bins and store material, debris and dirt piles, low-hanging tree branches and overgrowth of grass, weeds, trees, shrubs, bushes, etc. that obstruct the alley width and height.

Obstructions of any kind are not permitted upon or above an alley. Keeping alleys clear of vehicles, trailers, equipment, litter, garbage carts and vegetation overgrowth helps keep out alleys clean and safe and beautifies our community. Garbage carts are to be returned to a storage location on your property once collection is complete.

Completing the annual program will improve vehicle and pedestrian travel, storm drainage, garbage collection and emergency services access.

Pothole Repair, Crack Sealing and Road Patching

Road defects result from a combination of pavement fatigue and temperature fluctuation. The Public Works team conducts inspections and repairs throughout the year.

Cold weather pothole repairs use a modified cold-patch asphalt. The modified cold-patch displaces any moisture in the pothole, speeding up the repair process.

Warm weather pothole repairs use hot asphalt and compaction rollers to seal up shallow potholes and cracks in road pavement.

Report a road repair request using our Citizen Communications Form

Traffic Control, Signs and Signals

The Public Works team maintains, renews and repairs Strathmore's vehicle and pedestrian traffic signals and signs.

Report a traffic signal and sign issue to our team at 403-361-2126 / operations@strathmore. ca / Citizen Communications Form

Report a street light outage directly to FORTIS ALBERTA

Traffic lights on the Trans Canada Highway 1 and Highway 817/Wheatland Trail are not owned or maintained by the Town. To report a problem or general inquiries, contact Volker Stevin Highways at 1-888-877-6237. Visit Volker Stevin Highways for more information. The exception to this is the pedestrian crosswalk on Wheatland Trail at the entrance to the Ag Society Grounds. These are maintained by the Town.

Trans Canada Highway 1 & Highway 817/Wheatland Trail, Rural Addressing Information

Rural Addressing Signs

The purpose of a rural addressing sign is to help emergency response agencies, such as police, fire, and ambulance, find your home quickly in times of emergency.

Visit Municipal_Address_Signs_In_Rural_Areas (alberta.ca) for more information.

Once the initial sign has been installed, the property owner is responsible for maintenance and eventual replacement of the sign. Replacement signs can be made by sign making companies in Strathmore, Wheatland County and Calgary.

Trans Canada Highway 1 and Highway 817/Wheatland Trail

The Trans Canada Highway 1 and Highway 817/Wheatland Trail are not owned or maintained by the Town.

To report a problem or general inquiries, contact Volker Stevin Highways at 1-888-877-6237. Visit Volker Stevin Highways for more information.

Related Policies & Plans

The following Town of Strathmore Policies and Master Plan guide how the Operations Department team conducts its work throughout the year. All work is carried out to meet established levels of performance, and is done in a safe and efficient manner.

Strathmore Winter Road Maintenance Policy 3201.

Transportation Master Plan

Assessing transportation needs to accommodate predicted future growth for the Town of Strathmore.

Parks Classification and Maintenance Policy 7605

Appendix B, pages 11-12

The purpose of this Policy is to provide direction for managing the Town’s parks and greenspaces and to provide an efficient and consistent level of service.

Pathways, Roads and Parking Lot Maintenance
Snow Removal, Snow and ice removal
Curb Sweeping, Spring & Fall Clean-up
Graffiti - All park features will be inspected for graffiti once a week.

Engineering Design & Construction Standards

Traffic Control
Road & Parking temporary closure applications

Engineering Municipal Right of Way - Applications & Permits

Performing work on Municipal ROW application
Road, Land & Parking Closure applications