On the morning of Jan. 30, 2026, most of County Road 124 north of Shelburne (near Grand Valley, Ont.) had reopened to drivers after a closure that began the afternoon of Jan. 28, 2026, during a fast-developing lake-effect snow event.
Dufferin County officials and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Central Region closed the stretch of road between Highway 89 (Shelburne) and the village of Singhampton because blowing snow and high winds produced near-zero visibility. Local reporting notes that residents and officials reported snow drifts up to about six feet in places that made the route impassable.
Residents say official updates sometimes lag real-time reports. Many local drivers turned to community social channels — including the Facebook group ‘Grey/Dufferin/Simcoe County News And Road Conditions’ — to post photos and warnings (including vehicles stuck or in ditches) before those incidents appeared on Municipal511. County staff and first responders must often update Municipal511 manually while working in the field, which can lead to short delays in what the public sees online.
Municipal511 and county bulletins show the corridor as open as of the morning of Jan. 30, but Dufferin County public works crews are continuing to monitor the area for secondary drifts and hazardous patches. Residents can also watch the Town of Grand Valley road notices and Dufferin County road-condition bulletins for any new alerts as winter weather persists.
