Municipality of Central Elgin
NOTICE OF PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE
Edward Street Staircase
August 28, 2023
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Port Stanley Arena & Community Centre
332 Carlow Road, Port Stanley, Ontario
August 11, 2023
Dear Residents,
The Municipality of Central Elgin (Municipality) hereby notifies and advises all residents and interested parties of an upcoming public open house for the proposed Edward Street Staircase.
Council Direction and Work to Date
At a Regular Meeting of Council held January 9, 2023 – Council directed staff to retain a Consultant to complete engineering design of the stairs.
Staff retained MTE Consultants, who have substantially completed structural and geotechnical design of a proposed staircase connecting Prospect St. to Edward St. located in Orchard Beach, Port Stanley. This work package complies with the Ontario Building Code (OBC) and AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act) with opportunities for input from the community.
Public Open House
Municipal staff, Council members and MTE Consultant’s will be on hand to answer questions and take public comment with respect to the project. Comments and questions can be made through Central Elgin’s Let’s Talk page from now until August 31st or in person at the open house for Council consideration.
https://www.letstalkcentralelgin.ca/edward-street-staircase
Drawings are available on Let’s Talk Central Elgin and will be available for viewing at the public open house.
Project Location
Contact Information
Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact the following:
Municipality of Central Elgin
Andrew Parker, P.Eng.
Manager of Capital Projects
450 Sunset Drive
St. Thomas, ON N5R 5V1
T: 519-631-4860, ext. 272
E: aparker@centralelgin.org
Consultant
Brett Thorner, P.Eng.
Manager, Geotechnical
MTE Consultants
123 St. George Street
London, ON N6A 3A1
T: 519-204-6510 x2226
E: bthorner@mte85.com