Toronto, Ont. – This morning, the County of Wellington, and its project team, received the 2023 John Niedra Better Practices Award at the annual Ontario Good Roads Association Conference.
The John Niedra Better Practices competition aims to highlight a municipality’s ability to adapt and innovate to unique and challenging conditions, while solving problems in an inventive and original way. These solutions help a municipality streamline a process or use equipment in ways never envisioned before.
Wellington County utilized cellular concrete lightweight fill to reduce the road structure load on two sections of Wellington Road 32 (Lake Road) in Puslinch. The use of lightweight fill allowed the County to raise the road grade to address road drainage issues and is expected to extend the road service life. Extensive geotechnical testing will continue over the next year to determine whether the half load restriction on Lake Road is still required.
“I’d like to congratulate the County’s Road Division on their 2023 John Niedra Better Practices Award,” said Warden Andy Lennox. “It’s wonderful to have the County’s important work recognized at the provincial level.”
“Incorporating the light-weight cellular concrete fill on this project was an innovative way to address the need to reconstruct a road in challenging conditions” commented Gregg Davidson, County Roads Committee Chair. “Reducing maintenance requirements and extending the pavement service life are great benefits of this project.”
The County was also recognized with an Ontario Concrete Award last December in the Specialty Concrete Applications category for the Wellington Road 32 (Lake Road) project.
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