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Council Highlights: August 2024

Council Highlights for August 2024:

• The first Community Improvement Plan application was approved; Bonnie Doone Manor received a $ 5,000 property improvement grant
• Sev-Con Paving was awarded the 2024 asphalt resurfacing tender in the amount of $ 759,948.29
• The 2024 sidewalk replacement tender was awarded to Autoform Contracting London Limited in the amount of $ 119,321.50
• Birnam Excavating Ltd. Was awarded the Eighty One Crescent Reconstruction and Main Street East Pedestrian Crossover project in the amount of

Construction Notice: Eighty One Crescent Reconstruction

The Municipality of Lambton Shores will be initiating a road reconstruction project in Grand Bend in early September. The project has an anticipated completion date of late October 2024.

The reconstruction project includes portions of:

• Sauble River Road (Main Street East to just south of Eighty One Crescent)
• Eighty One Crescent (Sauble River Road to Gill Road)
• Gill Road (Eighty One Crescent to Main Street East)

This reconstruction project includes primarily curb and sidewalk replacement, asphalt...

Grand Bend Bridge Construction Project Begins September 3

The Municipality of Lambton Shores is scheduled to begin construction on the Ontario Street Bridge in Grand Bend on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. The project will include the replacement and widening of the bridge and will span over approximately two years.

To minimize disruptions during the project, it will be separated into two phases to avoid a total closure of the bridge and to accommodate a pause in all construction activity during the busy summer season. During each construction phase, the...

Heat Warning Issued August 26, 2024

With the prediction of hot and humid weather expected for today, August 26, Environment and Climate Change Canada is issuing a Heat Warning for Lambton County. The warning will remain in effect possibly until Wednesday when conditions are expected to ease.

Heat warnings are issued when two or more consecutive days of daytime maximum temperatures are expected to reach 31°C or warmer and nighttime minimum temperatures are expected to sit at 20°C or warmer or when two or more consecutive days of...

Lambton Shores Officials Meet with Province to Discuss Local Transit at AMO

Mayor Doug Cook, Deputy Mayor Dan Sageman and Councillors Scott Ferguson and Dave Marsh recently met with MPP Ric Bresee, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Transportation, to discuss the continued success of the Huron Shores Area Transit (HSAT) and the need for ongoing Provincial funding for the local transit system.

The meeting was the result of a delegation request at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Conference, a key feature of the conference that allows Municipal...