Dump trucks
in Port Colborne

What gets hauled in Port Colborne

Much of the Port Colborne work follows the City's and the Region's utility programs. The City's 2026 capital budget carries $6 million for watermain lining over three years, plus engineering design for wastewater work in the Sugarloaf neighbourhood and the Highway 140 area. The East Side Employment Lands are being serviced: the City awarded the pumping station construction contract in July 2026 as a 12-month contract, and the Region's water and wastewater servicing there is due to finish in June 2027. Aggregate comes in and excavated soil goes out, between the active site, the quarry and the disposal site.

City resurfacing in 2026 is one street, King Street from Clarence Street to Charlotte Street. On the Regional side, the Wilhelm Road bridge over the CN tracks is planned for rehabilitation between 2026 and 2028, with a one-lane closure. Other jobs follow each year's program, so this page does not list them. Dispatch knows what is running this season.

Where the material comes from, and where it goes

Port Colborne has stone at its own end of the canal. A quarry about two kilometres northeast of the city, off Chippawa Road, produces dolostone, and in August 2026 the province issued a new aggregate licence for a below-water quarry in Humberstone Township, allowing up to 1,815,000 tonnes a year across that site and the licensed site next to it. For most Port Colborne jobs the loaded run from the stone is short.

Excess soil and demolition debris go north. The closest of the Region's landfills is Humberstone, on Humberstone Road in Welland. It takes clean concrete, brick and asphalt from commercial haulers, construction and demolition waste, and commercial clean soil once the Region has approved it. It is open Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, and Saturday, 8am to 4pm, and closed Sundays. Fees change yearly, so dispatch confirms the current tipping rate at booking.

Placing or removing fill in Port Colborne needs a permit under the City's site alteration by-law, and the City's fee schedule lists haul route inspections and a security deposit. Under Ontario's excess soil regulation (O. Reg. 406/19) each load of excess soil carries a hauling record, and from January 1, 2027, clean excess soil can no longer go to landfill, so a job that moves soil settles its reuse site while it is planned.

Rules that change a Port Colborne job

Spring reduced loads. From March 1 to April 30 the Region limits trucks to five tonnes per axle on posted roads. Five of the Region's 26 posted stretches are in Port Colborne, more than in any other town: Forks Road (Regional Road 98) from Wilhelm Road to Schill Road, Miller Road (Regional Road 84) from Forks Road to Highway 3, Schill Road from Netherby Road to Forks Road, and Wilhelm Road from Forks Road to Lever Road and from Second Concession Road to Highway 3. Dispatch plans the truck count around all five.

Truck routes. The City's truck route map marks each street as a local road, a no-truck street, or a street limited to five tonnes per axle in spring, with the provincial and Regional roads as the through routes. Dispatch routes to the map when a site address is given.

Working hours. The City's noise by-law bars construction equipment in a residential area from 7pm to 7am and all day on Sundays and statutory holidays. It also bars loading or unloading materials in a residential area from 7pm to 7am. Dispatch schedules the first load to land when the site can take it.

Trucks on Port Colborne sites

A Port Colborne tri-axle typically carries 20 to 22 metric tonnes. Screened grindings and aggregates are delivered by the truckload the same way.

Every truck on a Port Colborne job is paid the same rate, whoever owns it.

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Questions people ask

Do spring load limits affect Port Colborne jobs?

On posted roads, yes. From March 1 to April 30 the Niagara Region limits trucks to five tonnes per axle, and five stretches are in Port Colborne, on Forks Road, Miller Road, Schill Road and Wilhelm Road. Dispatch plans the truck count around it.

What hours can trucks run on a Port Colborne site?

The City's noise by-law bars construction equipment in a residential area from 7pm to 7am and all day on Sundays and statutory holidays, so a site near homes runs trucks from 7am to 7pm on other days.

How do I book trucks for a Port Colborne site?

Call dispatch at (905) 988-5454 with the site, the start date, how many trucks and the material. Dispatch runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and the request form on the Companies page reaches the same desk.