Wellesley village
The largest village, built around its mill pond. Queen's Bush Road through the village is a Regional road, and the village fills each September for the Apple Butter and Cheese Festival.
Wellesley Township paving
Asphalt Paving in Wellesley Township, ON
Kitchener Asphalt Paving Pros paves farm lanes, yards, shop floors and village driveways across Wellesley Township, the most rural corner of Waterloo Region. We have been making the run west from Kitchener since 2013.
Most of our Wellesley work starts at a dairy or mixed farm: a lane that a milk tanker reaches every second day, a turnaround in front of the milk house, or a machine shed floor. In the villages of Wellesley, St. Clements, Linwood and Heidelberg, it is driveways, church and community lots, and patching where frost has broken an old surface.
One local rule changes how we plan these jobs. In Wellesley, the Township builds the entrance and culvert in the road allowance itself, at the owner's cost, so our crews pave from the property line in and match the Township's apron.
Communities
Wellesley Village, St. Clements, Linwood and Hawkesville
Wellesley Township is a cluster of small villages surrounded by farms, and the road that runs past each property decides who handles its entrance. Several of the main roads through these villages are Regional roads, not township roads.
St. Clements
Sits where Lobsinger Line meets Herrgott Road, both Regional roads. Homes on side streets deal with the Township instead.
Linwood
The northern village, ringed by dairy and cash-crop farms. Long lanes and wide yards are the typical job here.
Hawkesville
A small village at the end of Hawkesville Road in the township's northeast, with farm lanes on the roads around it.
Heidelberg
On King Street and Kressler Road toward Waterloo, the closest Wellesley community to our shop. Village lots and newer homes make up most of the work.
Crosshill
A hamlet west of Wellesley village on township roads, where entrances go through the Township of Wellesley.
Farm lanes
Farm Laneways Built for Equipment and Milk Trucks
A dairy lane has to carry a full milk tanker on a fixed pickup schedule, in March mud as well as August heat. That means a base built like a truck lane, not a driveway.
We build the lane on 150 mm of Granular A over 300 mm of Granular B, and the turnaround on 150 mm of Granular A over 450 mm of Granular B with 60 to 75 mm of HL8 under 40 mm of HL3. Geotextile goes down first wherever the subgrade is wet.
- Turning path: we size the turnaround to your hauler's actual truck, so ask them for its length and how it backs to the milk house
- Wheel tracks: tankers stop and turn in the same spot daily, so we thicken the asphalt where tires scrub
- Drainage: the lane is crowned or cross-sloped so water leaves the surface and the ditch carries it, not the base
- Budget lanes: recycled millings at $1.50 to $3.00 per sq ft for feed lanes and field access, with hot mix kept for the truck route
Permits
Township of Wellesley and Region of Waterloo Permits
Township roads in Wellesley need a Township of Wellesley entrance permit, and Regional roads need a Region of Waterloo access permit. This is the order we follow for a new or changed entrance.
Confirm who owns the road
Lobsinger Line, Herrgott Road and Queen's Bush Road are Regional, while most concession roads are Township. We check your frontage before quoting.
Township entrance application
The landowner applies, and the Township installs or alters the entrance at the owner's cost. Once approved, the Township owns the entrance and culvert, and application fees are non-refundable.
Regional access permit
Entrances on Regional roads skip the Township and go through the Region of Waterloo access permit process instead, with its own fee.
Locates, then paving
We book Ontario One Call locates, then pave from the property line in once the entrance is in. Locates usually take up to 5 business days.
Village lots
Village Lots and Event Parking
Lot work in Wellesley village is planned around the Wellesley Apple Butter and Cheese Festival on the last Saturday of September. The festival draws 30,000 to 40,000 visitors, and every paved surface in the village gets used.
We aim to finish village paving by early September, so new asphalt has had its 48 to 72 hours before cars and its 2 weeks before heavy vehicles.
- Church and hall lots: overlays when the base is sound, full rebuilds where frost has broken it
- Business lots on Regional roads: entrance work coordinated with the Region before the lot is paved
- Fall crack sealing after the festival, while cracks are open and before freeze-up
- Line painting: we coordinate with a line painting contractor once the asphalt cures
Drive time
Travel to Wellesley From Kitchener
Wellesley Township is 25 to 30 minutes from our Kitchener shop, inside our standard service area. Heidelberg and St. Clements are the shorter runs and Linwood is the longest.
That is close enough for a quote visit within 2 to 3 business days and for hot mix to arrive at paving temperature. We group Wellesley lanes onto shared paving days when we can, which keeps trucking time down.
FAQ
Wellesley Paving Questions
Questions Wellesley farm families and village homeowners ask us most.
Do you pave farm laneways in Wellesley Township?
Yes. We pave lanes, yards and turnarounds for tractors and trucks in hot mix, or in compacted recycled millings where cost matters more than finish.
Who issues an entrance permit in St. Clements or Linwood?
It depends on the road. Lobsinger Line and Herrgott Road through St. Clements are Regional roads, so the Region of Waterloo handles them, while township roads go to the Township of Wellesley.
Can you pave a turnaround big enough for a milk truck?
Yes. We size it to your hauler's truck and turning path and build it on a truck-lane base of Granular A over Granular B with an HL8 binder under the HL3 surface.
Does the Township build my entrance or do you?
In Wellesley, the Township installs the entrance and culvert itself at the owner's cost. We pave the lane up to it and match its grade.
Can you finish my village lot before the Apple Butter and Cheese Festival?
Yes, if it is booked by early summer. We schedule village lots to be paved and cured before the last weekend of September.
Free estimate
Book a Wellesley Paving Estimate
Tell us whether you need a lane, a turnaround, a shed floor or a village driveway, and we will walk the site with you within 2 to 3 business days. Every Wellesley job is backed by our 1-year labour warranty in writing.
- Turnarounds sized to your milk hauler's truck
- Lane edges built for buggy and equipment traffic
- Township or Regional entrance route confirmed before the quote
- Shop
- 324 Stirling Ave S, Kitchener, ON N2M 3H6
- Monday to Saturday
- 7:00am to 9:00pm
- Sunday
- 9:00am to 9:00pm