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The Town of Cobourg oversees the maintenance, repair and construction of all municipal roadways and sidewalks.

Road construction notices

Current road construction notices including road closures and construction projects are provided through the Roads and Sewers department.

Sidewalks

Sidewalks are maintained by the Roads and Sewers department under the direction of Public Works.

Sidewalk snow removal

Property owners are responsible for clearing snow and ice from sidewalks that surround their property. Read more about sidewalk snow removal here.

Roads

Road maintenance is important to provide safety for road users, to maximize the life of a roadway and to minimize the long term costs related to reconstructing a road. Road maintenance is completed by the roads and sewers department and includes the following activities;

Pothole repairs
Crack sealing
Street sweeping
Curb and gutter repairs
Gravel shoulder maintenance
Roadway structure maintenance
Regular road patrol and inspection

Parking

Parking is not permitted on the following streets listed in the table below from April 1st to October 31st for the purpose of general road maintenance. For more information regarding parking restrictions please see Section 34.1 Road Maintenance in the Parking By-Law.

Street Name	From	To
Covert Street	George Street	Division Street
Division Street	Covert Street	Lake Ontario
King Street	Ball Street	McGill Street
McGill Street	King Street	Charles Street
Queen Street	McGill Street	Division Street
Albert Street	Division Street	Hibernia Street
Second Street	King Street	Albert Street
Third Street	King Street	Hibernia Street
Hibernia Street	King Street	Albert Street

Winter Parking

Parking is not permitted on any major designated roadways or streets listed below, during the winter months of November 1^st to March 31^st from 2:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m. For more information regarding winter parking please see Section 34 Road Maintenance in the Parking By-Law. For more information on snow removal and clearing please see our winter maintenance page here.

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Parking Information

Designated roadways

There are a number of designated arterial, collector and residential roadways subject to the Parking By-law. These designated roadways are listed below;

Street names are listed from A to Z.

A Listings

Street Name	From	To
Abbott Boulevard	King Street	Lakeshore Road
Albert Street	Ontario Street	Division Street

B Listings

Street Name	From	To
Ballantine Street	Division Street	Chipping Park Boulevard
Baltimore Road	Densmore Road	Ontario Highway 401
Birchwood Trail	Elgin Street East	Densmore Road
Blake Street	Matthew Street	Ball Street (North side of street)
Boulton Street	William Street	Burnham Street
Burke Street	Matthew Street	Ball Street (South side of street)
Burnham Street	Ontario Highway 401	Elgin Street
Burnham Street	Carlisle Street	King Street West
Burwash Street	Burnham Street	Westwood Drive

C Listings

Street Name	From	To
Campbell Street	University Avenue East	Gravely Street
Carlisle Street	Burnham Street	New Amherst Boulevard
Chipping Park Boulevard	South leg of Sutherland Cres.	Ballantine Street
Cottesmore Avenue	King Street East	University Avenue East
Courthouse Road	Elgin Street West	Elgin Street West
Coverdale Avenue	King Street East	Lakeshore Road

D Listings

Street Name	From	To
D'Arcy Street	Elin Street East	Queen Street
D'Arcy Street	Queen Street	Lakeshore Drive
Danforth Road	Parkview Hills Drive (North Leg)	Jarvis Road
Densmore Road	Division Street	Birchwood Trail
DePalma Drive	Burnham Street	Strathy Road
Division Street	Densmore Road	The Esplanade
Dodge Street	Thompson Street	Willmott Street

E Listings

Street Name	From	To
Elgin Street East	Division Street	East Limits
Elgin Street West	Division Street	West Limits

F Listings

Street Name	From	To
Forth Street	King Street West	Tweed Street

G Listings

Street Name	From	To
George Street	King Street West	University Avenue West
Gravely Street	D'Arcy Street	Campbell Street

H Listings

Street Name	From	To
Harden Street	William Street	Burnham Street
Henry Street	Chapel Street	King Street
Hibernia Street	King Street West	Third Street
Huycke Street	Ontario Street	Chipping Park Boulevard

J Listings

Street Name	From	To
Jarvis Road	Elgin Street East	Danforth Road

K Listings

Street Name	From	To
King Street	Tracey Road	East Limits

L Listings

Street Name	From	To
Lakeshore Road	Brook Road South	Coverdale Avenue
Lakeshore Drive	D'Arcy Street	Brook Road South

M Listings

Street Name	From	To
Margaret Street	King Street West	University Avenue West
McGill Street	King Street East	Queen Street
Munroe Street	Division Street	Walton Street

N Listings

Street Name	From	To
New Amherst Boulevard	Carlisle Street	Walton Street

O Listings

Street Name	From	To
Ontario Street	King Street West	Hibernia Street
Ontario Street	King Street West	Ontario Highway 401

P Listings

Street Name	From	To
Parkview Hills Drive	Densmore Road	Densmore Road

Q Listings

Street Name	From	To
Queen Street	Division Street	D'Arcy Street

R Listings

Street Name	From	To
Rayner Road	Burnham Street	Riddell Avenue
Riddell Avenue	Rayner Road	White Street
Rogers Road	Elgin Street West	Carlisle Street

S Listings

Street Name	From	To
Second Street	King Street West	Albert Street
Spencer Street East	Walton Street	D'Arcy Street
Spring Street	King Street West	University Avenue West
Strathy Road	Elgin Street West	DePalma Drive
Sutherland Crescent	Ontario Street	Chipping Park Boulevard

T Listings

Street Name	From	To
Third Street	King Street West	Albert Street
Thompson Street	Willmott Street	Dodge Street
Tweed Street	Forth Street	Ontario Street

U Listings

Street Name	From	To
University Avenue East	Division Street	Cottesmore Avenue
University Avenue West	Margaret Street	Division Street

W Listings

Street Name	From	To
Walton Street	Munroe Street	Spencer Street East
Wilson Road	Carroll Crescent West	Carroll Crescent North (North and West side of the street)
Westwood Drive	Burnham Street	Carlisle Street
Westwood Drive	455 Westwood Drive	475 Westwood Drive (West side of the street)
White Street	Burnham Street	Riddell Avenue
William Street	King Street West	Elgin Street West
Willmott Street	King Street East	Normar Road

Road Safety Response Team

The Road Safety Response Team is an internal working group that is made up of representatives from Cobourg Police, Public Works (Roads and Parking), and Legislative Services and other departments depending on the issue at hand. The goal of the Road Safety Response Team will be to streamline a response to road safety concerns.

How to Voice Your Concerns

Residents are asked to voice their safety concerns relating to speeding, speed limits, traffic issues and parking directly to the Road Safety Response Team by emailing Roadsafety@cobourg.ca.

Submit Concern

The Road Safety Response Team Process

Concerns raised in relation to road safety, speeding, changes to road speed limits, parking, etc. would be required to be submitted in writing to the Road Safety Response Team by emailing Roadsafety@cobourg.ca.
All concerns will be received and forwarded to the agenda for the next scheduled meeting date. The schedule is important as the citizen will be informed of when the matter will be discussed. The schedule is also important to allow sufficient time for each impacted department to conduct their respective studies/investigation on the subject matter.
Each of the concerns will be circulated to the team members who would then perform their respective studies/investigations.
Each department brings their findings and reports back to the Response Team for discussion at the next scheduled meeting.
The Response Team determines a resolution to the concern.
The concerned citizen receives a response back from the Response Team through the Team email address.

What Happens Next?

Should the resolution be that changes are required/recommended and are strictly operational in nature, staff will proceed with implementation.
Should the resolution be that changes are required/recommended that require Council approval, the appropriate staff member will prepare a report to Council detailing the required/recommended change including any budgetary requirements for Council’s consideration.

How Often does the Response Team Meet?

It is expected that the Response Team will be scheduled to meet every six weeks so as to permit staff sufficient time between meetings to conduct their required studies in preparation. Additional meetings may also be scheduled in between scheduled meetings should an urgent matter arise.