Winter Driving Information

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are solely responsible for deciding when to close or re-open a road under the Highway Traffic Act. The information for southwestern Ontario is available by following the OPP’s Twitter account. Anyone can view this information online; you do not need to have a Twitter account to see it.

Twitter: @OPP_WR

When the County is experiencing weather that may affect our ability to maintain the County Roads at the service levels that road users would normally expect, we will declare a Significant Weather Event.

Learn more about Significant Weather Events.

A ‘Reduced Road Maintenance Standard’ can be declared on a temporary basis in the event that resources are unable to be deployed under one or more of the following circumstances:

1. Public Works is unable to deploy a full complement of staff due to a human health event preventing qualified staff and/or contractors from reporting to work.
2. Public Works infrastructure is unavailable due to a catastrophic event disabling multiple units in the road maintenance fleet.
3. An emergency has been declared by Huron County and/or one or more municipalities within Huron County requiring the support of Public Works staff and/or equipment to assist in life safety response.

In our region, this information is provided by Huron Perth Student Transportation Services.

Web: ourschoolbuses.ca

Our local radio media provide regular reports to the public using all of the above mentioned information sources.

AM 920 – CKNX
FM 101.7 – The One
Cool 94.5
Country 104.9: Goderich
Shoreline Classics FM
90.5 MyFM: Exeter