Does moving fill on a Thorold site need a permit?

Above small volumes, yes. The City's site alteration by-law lets small moves go ahead without a permit, with the limit rising with the size of the site from 10 cubic metres to 500 cubic metres in 12 months. Larger moves need a permit, the application includes the haul route, and the permit holder keeps a record of every load and its hauler.

How do I book trucks for a Thorold 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.

Service area · Thorold, Ontario

Dump trucks
in Thorold

Thorold shares St. Catharines' southern border, and the dispatch desk is in St. Catharines. Tri-axles from owner-operators based in Niagara reach Thorold sites down Highway 406 or Highway 58, 24 hours a day.

Dispatch is (905) 988-5454. The office answers Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm.

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What gets hauled in Thorold

Thorold's 2026 capital budget puts about $13 million into roads, and much of the hauling follows it. Upper's Lane is being extended from Barker Parkway to Thorold Townline Road, a $5 million new-road build. Ross Street is being rebuilt from Hamilton Street to Thorold Avenue, with Bolton Avenue and Crompton Boulevard reconstructions in the same program. A new Hayes Road watermain runs from Allanburg Road to the rail corridor, and earlier phases on St. Davids Road, Sullivan and Clairmont, and DeCew Road are still open. Aggregate comes in, excavated soil goes out, and tri-axles run between the site, the quarry and the disposal site.

The Region's 2026 resurfacing program includes Merrittville Highway (Regional Road 50) in Thorold, with work hours from 7am to 7pm. 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

A dolostone quarry on Thorold Townline Road, on the line with Niagara Falls, is the nearest working stone to most Thorold sites. The Escarpment crosses the city at Beaverdams and DeCew, and the Welland Canal splits it, with the Thorold Tunnel carrying Highway 58 under it and Allanburg Bridge 11 crossing it farther south.

Concrete, asphalt and demolition material have a destination inside the city: the Thorold depot on Thorold Townline Road takes clean concrete, clean asphalt, construction and demolition material, and soil, Monday to Saturday, 8am to 5pm. Commercial loads are priced by quote. The Region's own Thorold site takes household hazardous waste only, so for commercial clean soil the closer Regional run is Humberstone Landfill in Welland, which takes it once the Region approves.

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 Thorold job that moves soil names its reuse site while it is planned.

Rules that change a Thorold job

Hauler records. The City's site alteration by-law lets small moves go ahead without a permit, with the limit rising with the size of the site from 10 to 500 cubic metres in 12 months. Larger moves need a 12-month permit, the application includes the proposed haul route, and the permit holder keeps a record of every load: the hauler's name, the truck's commercial vehicle registration and plate, the date and time, the origin and the volume. Fines run up to $10,000 for a first offence and $25,000 after that.

Spring reduced loads. From March 1 to April 30 the Region limits trucks to five tonnes per axle on posted roads. The Region's 2026 table lists no Regional road inside Thorold. The route in can still cross a posted road in a neighbouring town, and dispatch plans the truck count around that.

Working hours. The City's noise by-law prohibits operating construction equipment, earth moving and excavation included, from 9pm to 7am and all day on Sundays and holidays. Dispatch schedules the first load to land when the site can take it.

Trucks on Thorold sites

A Thorold 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 Thorold job is paid the same rate, whoever owns it.

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Questions people ask

Do spring load limits affect Thorold jobs?: No Regional road inside Thorold is on the Region's list for March 1 to April 30, when the Niagara Region limits trucks to five tonnes per axle on posted roads. The route to a Thorold site can still cross posted roads in a neighbouring town, and dispatch checks it.
Does moving fill on a Thorold site need a permit?: Above small volumes, yes. The City's site alteration by-law lets small moves go ahead without a permit, with the limit rising with the size of the site from 10 cubic metres to 500 cubic metres in 12 months. Larger moves need a permit, the application includes the haul route, and the permit holder keeps a record of every load and its hauler.
How do I book trucks for a Thorold 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.

Who is answering

Cameron's has put dump trucks on Niagara job sites since 1951. Cameron's Trucking became Cameron's Brokerage Inc. in May 2026.
The current owner spent more than ten years hauling for Cameron's as an independent owner-operator before buying the company.
A dispatch team takes the calls, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Based in St. Catharines, with the office line open Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm.

On the roster

Owner-operators and fleets based in Niagara and the surrounding area, running tri-axle dump trucks.

Also serving

St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Welland, Grimsby, Lincoln, Port Colborne, Fort Erie, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Pelham, Wainfleet, West Lincoln and Dunnville.