WELLINGTON COUNTY - A new roundabout is currently being constructed at Wellington Road 7 and First Line (Elora) with completion planned for the end of August.
Wellington Road 7
Roundabout detours
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington County is installing a roundabout at the intersection of Wellington Road 7 and 1st Line in Centre Wellington and there will be detours.
County awards tender for Bosworth Bridge replacement
GUELPH – Wellington County council has awarded the tender for a $6.6-million project to replace the Bosworth Bridge on Wellington Road 7 in Mapleton to Looby Builders Ltd.
Mapleton council voices support for proposed power generation facility
MAPLETON – Township council is supporting a proposal to construct a natural gas power generation facility between Rothsay and Teviotdale.
Development of 271 townhouses approved in Salem
ELORA – Almost three hundred new townhouses will likely be built on the west side of Wellington Road 7 in Elora-Salem, and the developer says the intention is to create “affordable housing.”
Construction Ahead: Highway 6 road work beginning in June
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Those who regularly travel between Fergus and Guelph on Highway 6 will have noticed the pylons already and assumed construction is coming – and it is.
One person dead after vehicle enters ditch
CENTRE WELLINGTON – One person is dead after a vehicle went into a ditch on Wellington Road 7 south of Elora on March 1. A report from the OPP suggests the death was "unrelated to the collision."
Construction completed, two county roads reopen
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Sections of Wellington Roads 7 and 16 were set to reopen on Sept. 2
Wellington Road 7 closure to begin next week for bridge, resurfacing work
GUELPH/ERAMOSA – The rehabilitation of Marden Creek Bridge and asphalt resurfacing on Wellington Road 7 between Highway 6 and Wellington Road 51 are set to begin construction on May 9.
County awards $3.38 million in road work contracts to Cox Construction
WELLINGTON COUNTY - County council has green-lit three county road rehabilitation projects for the 2022 construction season.
Elora’s Knox Presbyterian members took part in roadside clean-up
Clean up crew – Knox Presbyterian Church in Elora held a roadside clean-up on April 30 on…
Around 100 cattle rescued from barn as firefighters battled stubborn blaze
CENTRE WELLINGTON - Centre Wellington Fire and Rescue Services responded to a farm property located along Wellington Road 7, south of Elora, on Monday. No animals or people were harmed in the blaze.
Bosworth Bridge EA completed
MAPLETON – The County of Wellington has completed a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment…
Alma citizens lobby for crosswalk on Wellington Road 17
ALMA – Mapleton council has directed staff to look into requirements for installation of a crosswalk on Wellington Road 17 at the entrance to Wallace Cumming Park here.
Group opposed to Hwy. 6 bypass advised by committee member to return with ‘plan B’
WELLINGTON COUNTY - The county roads committee heard from James Ferrier, on behalf of the Concerned Citizens of Wellington 7 and 17, on Sept. 14 and discussed growing pains on county roads.