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SnowPORTant tips for residents to limit the amount of snow (and time) to shovel!

Port Colborne, we’re currently under another Winter Storm Warning with 20 to 30 cm of snow expected by Thursday night.

Once snowplow operations begin, we have nowhere to push the snow except to the curb or side of the road allowance. However, before our snowplows even hit the streets, here are some tips to minimize how much you need to shovel:

-      Shovel the snow to the right side of your driveway (when facing the road). This will minimize the amount of snow that accumulates at...

Beach road end study draft report available for feedback

Following the completion of a public survey and online public meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, the beach road end study draft report from Sierra Planning is now available for feedback.

The City of Port Colborne, in consultation with Sierra Planning, has undertaken a study of the north/south roads that terminate at the Lake Erie Shoreline, including:

• Lorraine Road
• Weaver Road
• Pinecrest Road
• Cedar Bay Road
• Silver Bay Road
• Wyldewood Road
• Pleasant Beach Road
• Holloway Bay Road

The draft report is available...

Receive a text message from city council? It’s spam.

Did you receive a text message today, Jan.31, 2022, saying that your city council sent you money? It’s spam. The City does not conduct financial transactions via text messages.

The texts have come from a variety of cell phone numbers to randomly selected cell phones. An example is below. Please do not reply.

Erie Street Watermain Construction: February 7 - June 2022

The construction of the Erie Street Watermain will commence February 7, 2022, with an anticipated completed date of June 2022. Sections of the street will be reduced to one lane depending where the contractor is working.

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 will be informed...

Fire code violation conviction – 174 Mitchell Street

On Jan. 14, 2022, 1825081 Ontario Inc. was convicted in Provincial Offences Court for failing to comply with the Ontario Fire Code and was fined a total of $3,130.00, $2,500.00 plus $630.00 in victim surcharges, in accordance with the provisions of the Fire Protection and Prevention Act. 

On May 31, 2020, Port Colborne Fire & Emergency Services attended the property at 174 Mitchell Street to assist Niagara Regional Police with securing the building as it was unsafe and a public hazard. The...