The spring thaw is coming, along with weight restrictions for truck traffic.
Starting at midnight on Sunday, trucks carrying heavy loads will have to avoid some roads in Kenora.
The city says the restrictions protect the roads during the frost and thaw cycle of the spring.
The restrictions are usually lifted at the end of May, but that could change based on the weather, according to the city’s website.
Here’s a list of the affected roads:
- Anderson Road
- Austin Lake Road
- Bayridge Road
- Beauty Bay Road
- Beggs Road
- Beryl Winder Road
- Bodgen Road
- Bruckenburger Road
- Carlton Road
- Coker Road
- Dennis Street
- Devlin Drive
- Duffus Road
- East Melick Road
- Essex Road
- Gauthier Road
- Gay Street
- Gould Road
- Haney Drive
- Hilly Lake Road
- Homestake Road
- James Road
- Johnson Road
- Jones Road (from Hwy 17E to Homestake Road)
- Kinger Road
- Kitt Road
- Lawton Drive
- Mark’s Lane
- Matheson Bay Road
- Miller Rapids Road
- Mt. Evergreen Road
- McKenzie Portage Road
- Parameter Road
- Peterson Road
- Rabbit Lake Road
- Radcliffe Drive
- Rat Portage Road
- Ricky Street
- Ritchie Road
- Schnarr Lake Road
- School Road
- Sinclair Road
- Snow Drive
- Strecker Road
- Sunnyside Road
- Tallieu Road
- Tetroe Road
- Transmitter Road
- Treadway Road
- Villeneuve Road
- Villeneuve Road North
- Villeneuve Road South
- West Bay Road
- Whitehead Road
- Worona Road
- Zimmerman Road





