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Port Colborne ready for residents to re-connect with city facilities

Effective today, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, all city facilities will resume in-person services.

 What does this mean?

• City Hall, located at 66 Charlotte Street, will resume in-person services, Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., including bill payments and inquiries, purchasing passes for NRT OnDemand, recycling bin program, building permits, marriage, business, and lottery license applications, meetings with the mayor’s office, and more. Appointments for some of these services can still be...

Watermain Break– Omer Avenue @ Fielden Avenue

City Public Works staff are responding to a watermain break at

-        Omer Avenue, between Fielden Avenue and Oak Street.

Omer Avenue, between Fielden Avenue and Oak Street will also be closed until approximately 5 p.m. as crews work to repair the break.

Residents in these areas may experience a disruption in water service.
Staff will be notifying impacted homeowners and apologize for the inconvenience. Crews are currently on-site, and the emergency repair is...

Erie Street Watermain Construction to begin February 28

The construction of the Erie Street Watermain will commence Monday, February 28, 2022, with an anticipated completion date of July 2022.

Erie Street, beginning at Neff Street, will be reduced to one lane during the construction hours, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Stonecast Construction Ltd. will be completing the replacement of the watermain. Service disruption is expected to be minimal but will occur during various stages and connections of the new watermain to the existing network. Residents affected by the disturbances...

City Hall News - March 2022

The March 2022 edition of City Hall News is now available on our website, or you can read it in today's Port Colborne Leader/Niagara This Week. 

This month's edition includes how to subscribe to our News Channel and some recent stories shared; ways to re-connect with recreation; get freezin’ for a reason in our virtual polar plunge; plans are underway for the opening of the Welland Canal; and ways to #PORTicipate with your Public Library and Museum.

Port Colborne tasks consultant with developing an affordable housing strategy

Port Colborne council has hired a consultant to develop a strategy that will look at improving access to affordable housing for new and existing residents.

The city assembled a team of staff from different departments to review proposals and select the most capable consulting firm. Staff’s recommendation in report 2022-30 to have Tim Welch Consulting complete the work was presented and accepted by council at their meeting last night. 

The action-oriented, ten-year strategy will task the Cambridge-based...