Utilities & services

Water Service Interruption at Cottages of Lora Bay

On behalf of the owners, 1382491 Ontario Ltd. & Blevins Developments (Cove) Ltd., the Town of The Blue Mountains would like to inform all area residents and landowners within The Cottages development that the watermain will be shut off from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm either Wednesday, May 26 or Thursday, May 27, 2022 to complete underground watermain works for The Cottages at Lora Bay Phase 5 project within the Cottages development, which is located at the southeast corner of Beacon Drive and Sunset Boulevard intersection.

2022 Wild Chervil Focused Pesticide Spraying Begins

The Town of The Blue Mountains is providing this notice to rural residents to advise that the annual noxious weed control program to manage Wild Chervil will begin Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Under the Weed Control Act, the Town is required to control Wild Chervil. The pesticide application will be conducted by a licensed technician and only applied to roadside areas that appear visually unkept and where there is evidence of Wild Chervil.

Temporary Road Closure / Water Service Interruption - Alice Street West - March 8, 2022

The Town of The Blue Mountains would like to advise the public of a temporary road closure and water service interruption on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Alice Street West will be closed from Baring Street to Beaver Street S to allow the Water Division to repair a water service. Road closure signs will be in place after the school bus goes through.

The Town would like to advise residents that water service may be shut off or users may experience low water pressure in the affected area.

September 22nd Craigleith Wastewater Pumping Station Backup

The Town of The Blue Mountains would like to provide residents with information related to the pump failure that happened last week at the Craigleith Wastewater Pumping Station as a result of the excessive rainfall. The Town’s wastewater and stormwater sewers are nominally separated systems and Town staff suspect that pumping station capacity was exceeded due to inflow and infiltration through unauthorized connections or other breaches in the wastewater system. A thorough investigation into the causes of this event is being conducted.