The Town of The Blue Mountains is advising the public of an upcoming virtual Public Information Centre (PIC) that has been scheduled regarding the Bay Street East Reconstruction project.
The town is holding the PIC to gather initial input on the project from stakeholders and local residents. The meeting will include a public comment and question period. All those interested in the project are invited to attend. Pre-registration is required.
The meeting is being held virtually via Microsoft Teams on Thursday, April 11 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The town needs to install a secondary sanitary forcemain from the Mill Street Pumping Station to the Thornbury Wastewater Treatment Plant to service growth in the western portion of the community. The secondary forcemain will begin at the Mill Street Sewage Pumping Station and follow Bay Street East to Grey Street, and then proceed south on Grey Street to the treatment plant.
The town’s asset management plan indicates that the sanitary sewer and watermain on Bay Street is in poor to very poor condition and is approaching the end of its useful life.
Considering that Bay Street will be significantly disturbed from Mill Street to Grey Street for the installation of the secondary forcemain, this provides a good opportunity for the town to reconstruct the entire road to ensure that the watermain, sewers and stormwater systems are updated and adequate for the next 50 - 75 years.
The project will also see the installation of a new outfall pipe on Grey Street from the Thornbury Wastewater Treatment Plant to Georgian Bay.
More details on the project and the registration process for the meeting can be found online here.
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