The Town of Brighton is where we turn our attention, as we continue to cover our annual reviews across the Bay of Quinte region.
Mayor Brian Ostrander says there is one infrastructure project in particular, that was the main focus over the last 12 months.
“We’re hyper focused on that sewage treatment plant of ours, the waste water pollution control plant. Making sure it gets up to proper standards to be able to treat the things the Ministry of Environment requires us to treat. We’ve begun some capital works on portions of that program and are in the process of finishing up our Environmental Assessment with the province right now, for the larger piece of the plant.”
He says they not only want to comply, but also increase capacity of the plant.
Ostrander added that was not the only infrastructure work in the municipality in 2022.
“We had two roads in the urban area (Addison and Napoleon) that had been on the books for some time. Thanks to the Ontario Government’s OCIF (Ontario Community Infrastructure Funding) funding, we were able to complete those projects this year, along with the Loomis Bridge out in the north end, that connects folks to one of the conservation areas, one of the larger conservation areas in the region (Goderich-Loomis Conservation Area). “
He says the provincial funding for those projects allowed Brighton to shift internal focus on other infrastructure projects that needed work in 2022.
