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On Tuesday, May 31, 2022, the Council of the Municipality of Lakeshore will consider proposed changes to the development charges (D.C.) by-law.

The meeting will be held virtually and available to view at Lakehore.ca/TV. Anyone interested in attending the meeting may do so by registering online at Lakeshore.ca/Delegations by 4:30 PM on Monday, May 30, 2022. 

The proposed changes to the by-law can be found in the background study, which is available at Lakeshore.ca/DevelopmentCharges.

Shared on behalf of the Lakeshore OPP Detachment.

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to take this opportunity to remind the motoring public to be prepared for slowdowns in construction zones and drive accordingly.

There are currently several areas in Essex County where roads are under construction and often times, there are detours created so that work can be completed safely for workers.

These detours are carefully planned out with many factors affecting where a detour occurs. The...

Richardson Side Road (from County Road 46 to Lakeshore Road 311) and Lakeshore Road 311 (from Richardson Side Road to Tilbury West & Romney Road) will be closed to non-local traffic due to an increase in unauthorized heavy traffic.

Emergency service vehicles and school busses will continue to be permitted to access.

Issues with unauthorized heavy vehicles using local roads should be reported to the Lakeshore OPP Detachment's non-emergency line at 519-728-1810 or toll-free at 1-888-310-1122.

Firefighters take on midrise building rescue scenario

On International Firefighters’ Day (May 4, 2022), members of the Lakeshore Fire Department tackled an elevated training exercise at a local six-storey building.

The training exercise included a rescue from the top floor, extinguishment of a simulated fire, and smoke removal from the building.

“The growth of Lakeshore’s population and increase in the number of multi-unit residential buildings creates the potential for new scenarios which...

Hydro One will be removing and replacing hydro poles on Victoria Street in Woodslee beginning tomorrow (Friday, May 6, 2022).

During the project, streetlights along Victoria Street and at the intersection with Stowe Street will be removed.

Streetlights in the area are expected to be reinstalled by the end of May.

This notice will be removed once the project is complete.