Lakeshore State of Emergency

Lakeshore Declares State of Emergency

Today, Tom Bain, Mayor and Head of Council of the Town of Lakeshore declared a State of Emergency in regards to the

COVID-19 pandemic.

By declaring the State of Emergency, the Town of Lakeshore will implement the recently passed emergency measures by-laws to ensure business continuity during the pandemic, such as electronic attendance at Council meetings and the ability to extend payment periods or deadlines. The Town will continue to move towards deploying staff resources to essential services, to have the ability to respond to COVID-19 demands, but also other possible issues such as lake flooding.

“The County of Essex declared an emergency today, and the Town of Lakeshore will follow suit. The time to call an emergency is now, to work together as a region to control the spread of COVID-19" states Mayor Bain.  "The Warden is urging residents to take this situation very seriously and to heed the advice of the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit as it relates to social-distancing, proper hand washing and sanitizing as well as the 14-day self-isolation for returning travelers.

Let's act now to protect our health care workers on the front line by taking the necessary steps to flatten the curve and mitigate the impact on our health care system."

Lakeshore has been taking proactive and precautionary measures in light of the threat of the virus and the rapidly evolving situation. Our essential services; water, waste water, roads, garbage, fire, and emergency services have sustainable plans in place with redundancy being built into our staffing plans to prevent any interruptions. Be assured, Lakeshore has taken every reasonable precaution to this point. This is another step to protect the community from the spread of COVID-19.