Public Works
After Hours - for Public Works Emergencies only: (705) 740-6036
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Smith Garage: 1280 Centre Line, RR#4, Peterborough
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Ennismore Garage: 801 Tara Road, Ennismore
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Lakefield Garage: 275 Queen Street, Lakefield
Public Works is the largest Township department consisting of over 20 full-time staff.
The department is responsible for maintaining over 320 kilometres of roads, 13,000 metres of sidewalks, and 550 streetlights.
The department also operates three gravel pits, one of which is undergoing reforestation, an active 
Landfill site, winter maintenance, and road construction.
The vast majority of road construction work is professionally handled in-house using Township staff, materials, and equipment. The department has actively replaced gravel roads with hard topped surfaces over the past few years.
The Public Works Department schedules projects for road construction to begin in the spring and continue through until late fall. This includes resurfacing, excavation, and preparation for hardtop surfaces. Residents on roads scheduled for these projects are notified of the upcoming work to be done and the duration of time before completion.
Contact Information - Curbside Garbage Collection & Recycling Collection
- Curbside Garbage Collection, contracted to a private waste collector, is coordinated by the Public Works department. Please contact M & M Disposal at: 705-652-3505 with any garbage collection inquiries.
- The Recycling Collection and expanding organic waste collections are managed by the County of Peterborough, however, please contact the service provider BFI (WSI) # at: 705-742-4268 with any recycling collection inquires.
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Event
Free Drop Off!
Hosted by: County of Peterborough and Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES)
When: Saturday, July 17th, 9am to 3pm
Where: Hwy 36 Public Works Yard, 2292 County Road 36 (Across from Kawartha Winery)
What to bring: televisions, VCR's, DVD players, computer components, fax machines and printers, telephones, cell phones.
A complete list is available at: dowhatyoucan.ca
County of Peterborough Reuses - An Online Garage Sale
The County of Peterborough Reuses Website lets you sell, give away or trade things you don't want with people who do, like an online garage sale. There's lots of free stuff available, plus it's good for the environment. You can also post requests for items that you need.
The site works like a classified ad section, and it's free to use!
You can post listings of items and materials you wish to get rid of or browse for those currently available in your area.
Peterborough County Reuses Website
Do What You Can - Disposal of Non-Blue Box Items
This website is designed to help you find places to drop-off household hazardous and special wastes and unwanted electronics that can't be put in your Blue Box and should not go in the garbage. You can search for places by municipality, postal code or material.
The Search Engine helps you find locations where you can dispose of household hazardous and special waste (such as leftover paint, non-rechargeable batteries and empty propane cylinders), or electronics, (such as televisions, computers and fax machines).
Used Tires
There is no charge for Used Tires at the Landfill Site thanks to the Ontario Tire Stewardship (OTS) Program.
Ontario Tire Stewardship (OTS) is an Industry Funding Organization (IFO) incorporated under Ontario's Waste Diversion Act, to implement and operate the Used Tires Program. This province-wide scrap tire recycling program for On-road and Off-road tires supplied into the Ontario market will divert scrap tires away from burning and landfilling to 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) processing and uses.
Visit their Website to find out more: www.ontariots.ca
