Brighton council will move forward with a very important community infrastructure project in the new year.
In 2025 council purchased land from the school board next to the fire hall in Brighton.
“We’re taking a good hard look at our fire station # 1 here in downtown Brighton. We want to build a new fire station that will help
incorporate more paramedics from the County and include community paramedicine which is a real going concern from a growth
perspective as well.”
Council is also considering building a emergency services training centre south of the railway tracks to better serve that part of the community.
Ostrander says council will be investing a significant amount of money into traffic calming strategies in the new year.
The Mayor described the abrupt cancellation of the speed camera enforcement program by the provincial government a “debacle”.
“What we had was a system that was working. It was both slowing down–we saw an 83 percent reduction in speeding along Elizabeth Street–
and it was also generating revenue and in the 5 months we had out camera up it generated $1.5 million just for Brighton.”
Ostrander says he was hoping to offer lower taxes to residents in 2026 with speeding ticket revenue but says with the cancellated of speed enforcement program taxes will likely increase close to 5 percent.
Mayor of Brighton Brian Ostrander. (Photo: file)
