2025 was a big year in the Municipality of Brighton.
Mayor Brian Ostrander tells Quinte News that finally, with a lot of help from the province, ground has broken for a $52 million mechanical sewage treatment plant.
“We’ll have not just solved our ammonia exceedance problem but we’ll have increased capacity for the community, what looks like should take us out another 50 years.”
Construction is expected to take about two years.
Brighton council has also paved the way for more affordable housing in the community.
Ostrander says this year council purchased 30 acres of land just east of the No Frills store with a specific purpose in mind.
“Well we’ve gone to RFP (request for proposals). We’re looking for a proposal from some development corporation or a consultant that will provide us with a plan for housing that is affordable housing, market-attainable housing.”
Meanwhile, Ostrander says despite a general slowdown in the local construction sector, 2025 was a great year for Brighton with 52 new single-family homes being built and ground being broken on a new long-term care home.
