Roads and road maintenance are a surprisingly complicated issue. A lot goes into the decisions that are made regarding roads and road maintenance. The board will post here regularly on all issues regarding roads. As always, you can contact the board at meekarmcoveboard@gmail.com.
Interested in learning more about how are Meek Arm roads are maintained? Take a look at The Art and Science of Gravel Road Maintenance.
We do NOT maintain Nature Drive, the paved road. That is a public road and winter maintenance on that road is done by the province. You can go to the Plow Tracker at novascotia.ca/tran/winter/plowtracker.asp to see where they are in their cleanup after snow and ice events.
This page will attempt to describe more recent events to keep residents up to date on recent road maintenance decisions. For the detailed reasons behind road maintenance decisions, please read the document posted above, The Art and Science of Gravel Road Maintenance. The snow plow contract is to not allow more than 10cm of snow be on the road at any time and plow automatically if there is 5cm or more. If we get less than 5cm of snow, we have to look at the conditions of the road, if the road is frozen or not, look at the forecast weather and make a decision if we want the roads plowed. If we do, we call the plow contractor. We only get sand put on the ice if we call and ask for it. If it is raining or if snow is expected within a few hours, any sand put down will be wasted as the rain or snow plowing operation will take it off. We also have to balance the desires of the community. Keeping the roads free from ice for walking is more expensive than keeping it sufficient for driving. Some people want lower condo fees and don't walk the roads, others walk the roads.
POT HOLES, GRADING AND DUST CONTROL
19 November 2025 - Wednesday - As there is a forecast of dry weather for the next few days, the rest of the potholes have been filled.
SNOW and ICY CONDITIONS
Reminder that there are four sand bins in the community at the base of all the hills. These can be used if you need more traction to get up a hill.
30 January 2026 - Friday - 1:30 PM Temp --9 C. Sunny. Traction good in most places. One hopper of sand ordered for the hills and intersections. Garbage trucks are coming in the morning.
31 January 2026 - Saturday - 4:30 PM Temp -5 C. Sunny. About 2 cm of snow fell yesterday evening and overnight. Good traction.
2 February 2026 - Monday - 10:30 AM Temp -4 C. Overcast, it is difficult to know how much snow fell due to the drifting but perhaps only 3 cm. All the roads have been plowed and are snow covered with good to very good traction.
3 February 2026 - Tuesday - 1:45 PM Temp -0.7 C. Overcast. All roads snow covered with some traction chips mixed in. Some bare shoulders on Meek Arm Trail past the bridge and Leisure Lane is 25% bare. Good to very good traction.
5 February 2026 - Thursday - 10:00 AM Temp -1.9 C. Light snow. It snowed about 5 cm last night and the roads were plowed earlier this morning. All roads snow covered with good traction.
8 February 2026 - Sunday - 10:00 AM Temp -6 C. Overcast. A little over 1 cm of snow fell yesterday. All roads snow covered. Heavily travelled sections starting to turn a bit icy and a bit slippery on a couple of the hills. Good traction everywhere else. One hopper of sand ordered for hills and intersections and the first portion of Meek Arm Trail.
11 February 2026 - Wednesday - 9:30 PM Temp -1.6 C. It started snowing this morning at 7:30 AM and about 9 cm of snow fell so far. It is forecast to snow continuously overnight and into morning.
12 February 2026 - Thursday - 11:30 AM Temp -1.4 C. The snow stopped around 7:30 AM and we received another 14 cm since 9:30 PM the night before for a total of 23 cm in this storm. There is a 60% chance of snow and there is drifting snow until 6 PM then 30% chance of snow until midnight. All the roads were plowed early morning for the morning commute. The roads are all snow covered and the snow is more slippery than what is usual for snow. Traction fair. After the snow and drifting snow stops, the roads will be checked again to see if traction chips should be ordered or if it will need plowing again.
12 February 2026 - Thursday - 3:45 PM Temp -1.8 C. Snowed off and on today and some drifting and currently snowing. Ordered one hopper of traction chips for the hills and intersections as the snow has almost stopped. Traction fair.
12 February 2026 - Thursday - 5:30 PM Temp -1.8 C. Traction chips have been put out.