The Municipality of Lakeshore could spend more than $210-million on water and wastewater projects over the next six years.
Lakeshore is updating its Water and Wastewater Master Plan and heard from the consulting firm guiding the effort on Tuesday night.
“Council discussed the immense pressure that our water and wastewater systems are facing throughout the municipality,” said Mayor Tracey Bailey. “It is clear there is a critical need to make significant infrastructure improvements to protect our residents, as well as the environment, which has been identified as a strategic priority for this council.”
After decades of inaction, Bailey said the municipality is up to the task.
Near-term projects include a treatment facility to replace the Comber and Stoney Point sewage lagoons, new sewer pipes in Belle River and the west end of Lakeshore, new water towers in Stoney Point/Point-aux-Roches and Comber, and replacing the water main on Comber Sideroad.
By 2042, the master plan calls for an investment of over $260-million.
The final version of the master plan, including options to fund the projects, is expected before councillors in August.